What word processors are available for Linux?

Answer 1

Many of the word processors available for Linux are open-source. Their source code, including development versions, is stored in an SCM. Anybody can download the absolute latest code, even if a developer only made a change a few seconds beforehand. This makes the "latest" one impossible to track. Even if you only counted stable releases, with the variety of word processors available, any answer given here would probably only remain accurate for a week or so. You should base your choice of word processor on its feature set, not its release date. "Newer" and "latest" doesn't mean "best."

Answer 2

There are very many. The most advanced is probably OpenOffice Writer.

There also are various notepad-like apps, like Gedit in GNOME, Mousepad in xfce4.

There are also more advanced ones suited for programmers like Geany.

Oh, and terminal programs like vi, vim or emacs

Answer 3

AbiWord

Bean

Document.Editor

EZ Word

Feng Office Community Edition

GNU TeXmacs

Groff

JWPce is a Japanese word processor, designed primarily for the English speaker who is reading or writing in Japanese.

KWord

LyX

OpenOffice.org Writer

Ted

TextEdit (Bundled with Mac OS X)

LibreOffice Writer (my favorite)

Answer 4

AbiWord

Openoffice.org Writer

gedit

Lyx