• @Rubezahl
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    11 year ago

    Can I use MS Office natively with that? Also, can I use it as a non-techie lay man in a way that is similar to the way most office bottom-feeders use Windows?

    I know there is Open Office but I am lawyer and the free office alternatives just don’t have the rich formatting options I need to do my job. I have tried and they just won’t do.

    • @KISSmyOS
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      • Engywuck
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        171 year ago

        Also Only office, which appears to have the best compatibility with MS documents (although in my particular case I find it a bit cumbersome).

        • Ekky
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          41 year ago

          Last I used it, it seemed to lack a lot of more advanced features. I think I especially stumbled over the bibliography, though I did not use any add-ons.

          • Engywuck
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            21 year ago

            One can use Zotero ad Mendeley plugins for bibliography, btw.

    • @[email protected]
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      211 year ago

      First of all, libre office is very competent but I understand that it’ll always be very behind whetever Microsoft decides to do next.

      Office is available on all systems at office365.com if you must use Microsoft tools.

      For the non-tech usage, very much yes. Most of the problems your hear about with linux stem from people trying to make it do stuff that you can’t dream of doing on windows because it will stop you. Simply installing a system and using it to browse the web, edit documents, maybe install a few popular programs like VLC or Discord is set-and forget. System installers have recently gotten much more noob-friendly as well, imo the debian and Pop!OS installers don’t really allow you to mess up. KDE is a good choice of DE, but you might be more confortable with others. Good news, you can decide later, as switching desktop Environments is easy and preserves your files.

    • @[email protected]
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      111 year ago

      Fyi: Libre Office is the actively developed Open Office fork.

      Don’t know how it stacks up to MS Office though.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      My take: Linux users (including myself) are biased. While we would love to share our enthusiasm for Linux with others the simple truth is NO, you cannot just use Linux in the same way you would use Windows. We would argue the Linux way is just as easy not easier in a lot of ways. But it is a different system with a different way of doing things and if you are not prepared to learn anything new then it will bite you eventually.

      And you can’t use MS Office natively either. And no, Office 365 is not exactly equivalent nor is LibreOffice.

      That being said I haven’t used Windows outside of work in years and if you’re interested and have some kind of technical knowledge or interest I would highly recommend it. It usually takes a couple of attempts before it “sticks”.

    • Liška
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      61 year ago

      Just out of interest: What are the specific formating options / features you’re missing to be able to perform your job?

    • @laverabe
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      honestly Libreoffice is not on par with MS Office. I use MS at work and Linux at home and Libreoffice is great for general use, but it is very rough around the edges, and does not have all the capability that MS does. I wish it were not the case but lack of an excellent office suite is one weaknesses of Linux.