▲ 185 ▼ Collection of free software (sh.itjust.works) submitted 3 years ago by Angry_Maple@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@beehaw.org 50 comments fedilink hide all child comments I first saw this on reddit, but I figured it would be good to make sure that this also stays accessible on another platform
[–] Mane25@lemmy.world 32 points 3 years ago (3 children) This seems to be really dated, shouldn't really be promoting things like OpenOffice now. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 4 points 3 years ago And nobody's used Xvid for at least the last like 10 years. And even back when the Xvid codec was used, ffmpeg was the way to do it lol permalink fedilink source parent [–] simple@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) And I would really put OnlyOffice in there. It's by far the most polished of the bunch nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago As a power user, who uses spreadsheets every day professionally, OnlyOffice isn't full-featured enough for my needs. LibreOffice is the only free software that's adequate for my job. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PumpedSardines@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Never heard of OpenOffice, but googled it now and it looks really impressive! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago As I've said above, it's not OpenOffice you want, it's LibreOffice, please don't download OpenOffice. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent [–] joyjoy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago Apache OpenOffice hasn't had a major release since 2014 whereas LibreOffice, its de facto successor, is actively developed and modern. Unfortunately OpenOffice still has name recognition which leads casual users to still download it as a replacement to commercial office suites, despite being very out of date. It's kind of become a bit of an embarrassment to open source software and really should be discontinued, but a small handful of developers insist on keeping it on life support. See this open letter https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stu@lemmy.pit.ninja 4 points 3 years ago And nobody's used Xvid for at least the last like 10 years. And even back when the Xvid codec was used, ffmpeg was the way to do it lol permalink fedilink source parent
[–] simple@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (2 children) And I would really put OnlyOffice in there. It's by far the most polished of the bunch nowadays. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago As a power user, who uses spreadsheets every day professionally, OnlyOffice isn't full-featured enough for my needs. LibreOffice is the only free software that's adequate for my job. permalink fedilink source parent [–] PumpedSardines@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Never heard of OpenOffice, but googled it now and it looks really impressive! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago As I've said above, it's not OpenOffice you want, it's LibreOffice, please don't download OpenOffice. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mane25@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago As a power user, who uses spreadsheets every day professionally, OnlyOffice isn't full-featured enough for my needs. LibreOffice is the only free software that's adequate for my job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] PumpedSardines@lemmy.world 0 points 3 years ago (1 child) Never heard of OpenOffice, but googled it now and it looks really impressive! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago As I've said above, it's not OpenOffice you want, it's LibreOffice, please don't download OpenOffice. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mane25@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago As I've said above, it's not OpenOffice you want, it's LibreOffice, please don't download OpenOffice. https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] joyjoy@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) Why not? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Mane25@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago Apache OpenOffice hasn't had a major release since 2014 whereas LibreOffice, its de facto successor, is actively developed and modern. Unfortunately OpenOffice still has name recognition which leads casual users to still download it as a replacement to commercial office suites, despite being very out of date. It's kind of become a bit of an embarrassment to open source software and really should be discontinued, but a small handful of developers insist on keeping it on life support. See this open letter https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Mane25@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago Apache OpenOffice hasn't had a major release since 2014 whereas LibreOffice, its de facto successor, is actively developed and modern. Unfortunately OpenOffice still has name recognition which leads casual users to still download it as a replacement to commercial office suites, despite being very out of date. It's kind of become a bit of an embarrassment to open source software and really should be discontinued, but a small handful of developers insist on keeping it on life support. See this open letter https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2020/10/12/open-letter-to-apache-openoffice/ permalink fedilink source parent
