This is exactly my problem. I really want to do the switch, but I’m using my computer for work also, and I’ll never get by without Office nor Adobe suite.
I never felt OpenOffice and libreoffice were a decent replacement for MS office. It was too different in many ways and compatibility was never top. Since I moved to softmaker (not OSS), I’ve been happier.
How has your experience been with the softmaker alternative to excel? Do all the functions translate well? I just took a peak at their site and it looks dramatically better than libreoffice but I’d never heard of it before.
Libreoffice (and the hot garbage that is libreCalc) is not at all equivalent to the Microsoft alternatives.
Maybe for the HS student who don’t know any better.
But it’s a mess for business.
My company did a major switch to Linux, then THOUSANDS of tickets complaining about broken spreadsheets and word docs forced a lot of employees to secretly use Google Docs/Google Sheets. We had a company mandate/all-hands-on-deck to find a alternative. And now we have a hodgepodge of other BS, with tribes wanting us to get a Microsoft Office subscriptions, others pushing for forking another open-source suite, web devs building our own spreadsheet program, and accountants still secretly using Google Suite.
That’s probably wrong. You don’t want to use something other than Office or Adobe suite because you’re used to that, even though there are programs that work perfectly well for the same things available on Linux. And that’s okay. It’s okay to want to keep using what you’re used to. But it’s a lie to say you’ll never get by without those programs you’re used to.
When you say “work together” is that some feature Adobe applications have like how several people can work on the same thing in Google Docs (or probably Office 365 as well?)?
Yeah, basically. There’s something called Creative Cloud where you can save your documents for everyone to use, and you can do comments and feedback.
Also, if I got a Photoshop file, I would need to open it and work in it, and maybe send it back to another designer. It would be awful to have to convert it back and forth.
Oh, damn, I forgot that part when I started to write my reply. D’oh!
I still believe that one can get by without using them if one is using a personal PC ( ;P ) for work. Then the only important thing should be if the input and output of ones work is correct enough. Now, if the company is supplying a PC with specific software they want you to use I think that’s different, because then it’s not about you any more. If you get a choice when it comes to work you’re lucky IMO. Would’ve been great if it was normal that people got to choose, but that’d probably be too much work for the IT department compared to just making everything the same.
Yeah at my previous job I was forced to use Windows for Office/Adobe, but now I get more freedom and use Linux. Really depends on the organisation and how you’re expected to collaborate.
This is exactly my problem. I really want to do the switch, but I’m using my computer for work also, and I’ll never get by without Office nor Adobe suite.
the browser based office does just work if that helps. I don’t have anything for the cc side tho
libreoffice works just as good though i expect the majority of people are already using something on the web like google docs or something
adobe, agreed, unfortunately. adobe as a company is terrible but the software is great (thanks to macromedia)
I never felt OpenOffice and libreoffice were a decent replacement for MS office. It was too different in many ways and compatibility was never top. Since I moved to softmaker (not OSS), I’ve been happier.
How has your experience been with the softmaker alternative to excel? Do all the functions translate well? I just took a peak at their site and it looks dramatically better than libreoffice but I’d never heard of it before.
I haven’t used it that’s extensively but for every of my needs, it performed great.
Libreoffice (and the hot garbage that is libreCalc) is not at all equivalent to the Microsoft alternatives.
Maybe for the HS student who don’t know any better.
But it’s a mess for business.
My company did a major switch to Linux, then THOUSANDS of tickets complaining about broken spreadsheets and word docs forced a lot of employees to secretly use Google Docs/Google Sheets. We had a company mandate/all-hands-on-deck to find a alternative. And now we have a hodgepodge of other BS, with tribes wanting us to get a Microsoft Office subscriptions, others pushing for forking another open-source suite, web devs building our own spreadsheet program, and accountants still secretly using Google Suite.
why don’t they just contribute to LibreCalc and make it better?
Typical “why don’t you fix it” Linux attitude.
I contribute to open source, in places I’m experienced in.
LibreOffice has it’s own culture and world. Stuff that isn’t for me.
To say it’s a good replacement for office is a lie.
That’s probably wrong. You don’t want to use something other than Office or Adobe suite because you’re used to that, even though there are programs that work perfectly well for the same things available on Linux. And that’s okay. It’s okay to want to keep using what you’re used to. But it’s a lie to say you’ll never get by without those programs you’re used to.
My problem is that we work together in Adobe apps at my work. I can’t switch to anything else unless the whole organisation does.
I could try to change what they use, but it’s a different task.
When you say “work together” is that some feature Adobe applications have like how several people can work on the same thing in Google Docs (or probably Office 365 as well?)?
Yeah, basically. There’s something called Creative Cloud where you can save your documents for everyone to use, and you can do comments and feedback.
Also, if I got a Photoshop file, I would need to open it and work in it, and maybe send it back to another designer. It would be awful to have to convert it back and forth.
They indicated that they want to switch, but if work forces you to use Office and Adobe then that is what you’re stuck with.
Oh, damn, I forgot that part when I started to write my reply. D’oh!
I still believe that one can get by without using them if one is using a personal PC ( ;P ) for work. Then the only important thing should be if the input and output of ones work is correct enough. Now, if the company is supplying a PC with specific software they want you to use I think that’s different, because then it’s not about you any more. If you get a choice when it comes to work you’re lucky IMO. Would’ve been great if it was normal that people got to choose, but that’d probably be too much work for the IT department compared to just making everything the same.
Yeah at my previous job I was forced to use Windows for Office/Adobe, but now I get more freedom and use Linux. Really depends on the organisation and how you’re expected to collaborate.