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Finally did it, got my parent on linux. (lemmy.world)

submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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They're in their 60's, finally convinced them.

They say things like "This is the same..."

and I'm like

"Ya because that's Firefox, the only program you use..."

"What was Windows even doing for us?"

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I got my parents in their 70s to use Ubuntu for a few years now. All they use is a web browser and word processing application for .docx files. They used MS Word for years and I found Only Office has a similar UI and opens word docs.

At one point I gave them an older laptop running windows again and they hated it. They wanted Linux back.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

Libreoffice has an option for a ribbon user interface. It makes it nearly identical to Microsoft's stuff that I grew up on.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Onlyoffice is a near clone of MS office though, so there's basically no friction in adopting it unless you're heavily into advanced Excel features.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

From my experience, OnlyOffice provides better compatability with MS Office-files (that is, more so than LibreOffice). However, having used Powerpoint quite a lot in my professional life, and using OnlyOffice Presentation to make a slide deck now, that is an area where I unfortunately find it severely lacking. There's also the issue about their license - I am not all that familiar with it, but apparently they are not as free and open as they claim to be.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

What ever happened to Open Office? That used to be the defacto replacement to Microsoft Office. I haven't used office tools on a personal computer in over a decade though, so I'm very out of the loop there.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

LibreOffice is as far as I know a continuation of OpenOffice.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Thanks. Can that still be installed on Windows systems?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Yes indeed!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

W00t!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

If it was for me, I would support a FOSS alternative but, parents didn't enjoy the Libreoffice experience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 hours ago

I tried to find this, but had big issues finding where to toggle this. I find the default UI very cluttered and confusing.