LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs – Computerworld

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html

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Trihilis@ani.social · 18 pts · 1y

i switched to Linux Mint as well. I really don't want to use any big tech garbage anymore. They will lure you in with a cheap offer and then when everyone is aboard it's time to raise prices and start the enshittification.

Thunderbird is also a very good alternative to Outlook.

I steered away from cloud services as long as possible and it seems i've made the right choice by keeping it local to my NAS.

xiao@sh.itjust.works · 17 pts · 1y

Great news !

henfredemars@infosec.pub · 16 pts · 1y

It’s perfectly good office software. I really don’t need or want AI services.

devilish666@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (7 replies)
  • FreeOffice.
  • LibreOffice.
  • Yozo Office.
  • OnlyOffice.
  • WPS Office.

There you go all kind off Free (and some open source) office app

daddy32@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y (5 replies)

Careful there. WPS Office is Chinese and OnlyOffice fucking russian.

alfredon996@feddit.it · -1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

OnlyOffice is Estonian

someguy3@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 1y (2 replies)

OnlyOffice is Russian and "headquartered" in Latvia.

ManicMambo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

WTF. Uninstalling Immediately.

zonnewin@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 1y

And they have a Russian version that they named after the first nuclear ICBM...

daddy32@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 1y

No no, Latvian, but that is just a ruse. Development happens in russia.

alfredon996@feddit.it · 1 pts · 1y

Last time I tried FreeOffice it had an important feature missing on Linux (and maybe Mac ?idk): you can't write formulas and equations

Parptarf@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y

Been using Libre for a little bit, like it so far!

NFL233@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y

It’s not only about the subscription costs.