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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95 (gadgettendency.com)
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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95::Microsoft has begun getting rid of another veteran application in its proprietary operating system. The company has released a new test build of Windows 11

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[–] BombOmOm 61 points 9 months ago (11 children)

LibreOffice is a good solution for anything one would use Office or WordPad for. Works on Windows, Linux, and MacOS.

[–] Ottomateeverything 36 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Libre Office is a good replacement for Office/Word, but it is much heavier than WordPad.

[–] udadu 1 points 9 months ago

It even feels heavier than Office on windows (on linux it feels much better).

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