Windows for Submarines

On 12/08/2017 09:08 PM, Doomsdrzej wrote:
On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 19:47:29 -0800, T wrote:

On 12/08/2017 07:42 AM, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
On 8/12/2017 11:28 PM, Doomsdrzej wrote:

LibreOffice is useful in areas like academics where its free nature
encourages schools to use it and therefore produce files which are
ODT, ODP and the rest by default. However, in commercial areas, using
LibreOffice is a bad idea since nobody else is bothering to use it.
Nobody minds having to buy Microsoft Office if they own a business so
their files are more likely to be DOCX or XLSX and therefore load
incorrectly in the free software product.

It really depends on the target formatting needs. If you only use basic
stuffs, you possibly would not touch the advanced features of Micro$oft
Office, definitely not the ability to run macros which can be used to
build malwares.


I have never used M$O (M$ Office). Libre Office (LO) works perfectly
for me, including the odd DOCX and XLSX I get sent. LO's pdf
export is wonderful. LO can't print an envelope for its life.

I never use the extended features of Microsoft Office either so
LibreOffice is truly more than enough for me as well. However, I hate
using it in Windows. Using it in Linux, however, is stellar. It feels
a lot lighter.


I use a lot of Windows programs with Wine Staging. They
do seem snappier.