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Collection of free software (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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I first saw this on reddit, but I figured it would be good to make sure that this also stays accessible on another platform

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[–] 32 points 3 years ago (7 children)

This seems to be really dated, shouldn't really be promoting things like OpenOffice now.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    And I would really put OnlyOffice in there. It's by far the most polished of the bunch nowadays.

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  • [–] 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Why not?

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  • [–] 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which leads casual users to still download it as a replacement to commercial office suites, despite being very out of date.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/

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