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Why people gave up using linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Fint0034@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The only few reason I know so far is software availability, like adobe software, and Microsoft suite. Is there more of major reasons that I missed?

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[–] Fint0034@lemmy.ml [S] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

this is actually my case lol, no way I'm writing thesis in libreoffice or onlyoffice if I didn't have much experience of using it

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[–] makeawishkid@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why aren't you using LaTeX to write your thesis though?

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[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Collaborative?

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[–] makeawishkid@programming.dev 1 point 2 years ago

There are few online options, also you could just sync it to a common folder so it could work that way... But rarely thesis are drafted concurrently -

The main advantage of LaTeX is the easy type setting for journal articles/thesis etc and ease of changing the style.

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[–] Fint0034@lemmy.ml [S] 1 point 2 years ago

Because I haven't heard that app at the time, and none of my colleagues use it

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[–] blackboxwarrior@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

If you’re committed to word-style documents instead of LaTeX, pandoc is a great way to convert between word and the style of your choice (for me, markdown). I made a bunch of additional scripts to assist in conversion between the two.

That said, LaTeX is often a better choice. I’ve settled into a combination of overleaf / git / vscode / LaTeX that keeps my collaborators (and myself) happy.

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