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[–] 82 points 3 months ago (27 children)

I like using LibreOffice instead. Open source is always the way to go.

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  • [–] 18 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    Someone ought to update the spreadsheet program. Excel is the primary reason companies are stuck on MS Office.

    Excel isn't even that great and could be improved greatly, but unfortunately LibreOffice Calc is even worse currently.

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  • [–] 14 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    I fucking hate that it is named calc and it’s 50/50 if it orders itself above the calculator when I search for it.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago

    MS also has broken and depreciated a lot of Excel's functionality, yet it's still the standard. People just hate change, especially the ones that aren't actually using the product directly.

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  • [–] 9 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Agreed, my mom uses spreadsheets for things. Eventually just ended up paying for Office Home and Student 2024 because Calc confused her. Though when I helped her install Office, I did notice that she hadn't updated LibreOffice in over two years. Wish I had noticed before she paid for Office to see if the updates for Calc might have fixed her issue. Also wish I had installed OnlyOffice to see if it might have matched the "feel" of Excel better before giving MS money.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 months ago

    Also wish I had installed OnlyOffice to see if it might have matched the “feel” of Excel better before giving MS money.

    It's shockingly similar in a lot of ways. Just barely different enough to not get sued, I'd imagine.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Sadly I have to agree. Being able to take my excel work home with me, where I use Linux exclusively, is the sole reason that I'm forced to use OnlyOffice vs LibreOffice. It has better compatibility with Excel by a WIDE margin.

    That being said, I don't have the issue with OnlyOffice that others seem to have. It's desktop app is still OpenSource, it's just the online bits and collaboration stuff that isn't. But I'd still rather go with a non-profit like the Document Foundation than a for profit company any day of the week.

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  • [–] 16 points 3 months ago (6 children)

    Are you kidding? LibreOffice just doubled their prices

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    I have the free version.

    Edit: wait a minute, I just did a Google search and it said libre office is still free. Are you trolling or joking, lol?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    It sounds like you might be pirating it. Go ahead and fax the creators $100 for a home license. Dont forget to shred the money after faxing and take a video for proof.

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  • [+] -6 points 3 months ago (7 children)

    OpenOffice is another open source alternative that looks a bit more like Microsoft Office suite, and I think it also supports more file extensions than libreoffice(?)

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  • [–] 12 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    LO is a fork of OO after there was a spat (it's been like, at least 15y now); LO is the successor, most have migrated long ago

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  • [–] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Weird, I found OO was a better and more modern experience than LO.

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