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Which office suite are you using and why (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I try using Org-mode/Latex with pandoc,, but end up using only Office for docx and PowerPoint.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I’m getting into Linux which ones would guys recommend?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

as the answers reflect: markdown for simple stuff (sou can convert with pandoc) and libreoffice for the more complex stuff and sheets especially (its preinstalled with most linux distros nowadays). documents of formal nature that exceed ~10 pages might work best in latex.

[–] Knoll0114 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

LibreOffice and OpenOffice are the two most popular I believe. One will usually come preinstalled on your distro (for me in Fedora it's LibreOffice.)

Edit: I have confused OpenOffice with OnlyOffice.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

While I agree with LibreOffice as an option, no one should recommend OpenOffice anymore. Its just not well maintained.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Most people don't know this, but OpenOffice is pretty much dead. It hasn't been getting any real updates for quite a while. LibreOffice is pretty active and is the one you'd want to go with.

Source: check their repositories and also https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/LibreOffice-vs-OpenOffice

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You could try OnlyOffice, I believe it has better compatibility with .docx files in comparison to LibreOffice.