Open Source Linux Word Processors

Docear (pronounced dog-ear) is what we call an “academic literature suite”. It integrates everything you need to search, organize and create academic literature in a single application: a digital library, reference manager, PDF and file manager, note taking and mind mapping. And the best: Docear works seemlessly with many existing tools like Mendeley, Microsoft Word, and Foxit Reader. Docear is free and open source, based on Freeplane, funded by the German Federal Ministry of Technology and developed by scientists from around the world, among others from OvGU, and the University of California, Berkeley.

LinWriter is a small robust utility that can write quick documents and notes for your every day use. Providing a friendly and intuitive interface, it offers a distraction free environment to enhance productivity for your documents and notes. Key features include a minimalistic interface and support for common formats such as TXT, Markdown, HTML and its custom format 'rtdoc', which allows rich text editing. Including are also basic formatting options, inserting graphics, bullets, numbered lists and checkboxes.