Euro-Office, Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office and Google Docs, launches June 9
https://www.zdnet.com/article/euro-office-a-sovereign-cloud-based-office-suite-google-microsoft-alternative/
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adespoton@lemmy.ca · 25 pts · 92d
But what are they using to replace Copilot/Gemini?
If the answer is “Nothing…”
… they may end up becoming really popular really quickly.
daannii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 91d
You had me at "nothing".
I do use the add-on Grammarly in Word. I would very much like to still have that.
I wonder if they will add support for it.
That's the only thing really keeping me using word. Plus right now I'm still a student and the university pays for my subscription.
Once I graduate I won't be paying their ridiculous subscription.
ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 91d
We have not implemented integration of copilot into SharePoint. Without that, another AI makes more sense for my job.
DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 92d
LibreOffice: "Am I a joke to you? Actually, don't answer that."
einlander@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 92d
Onlyoffice and libreoffice's interfaces are night and day. Libreoffice gives more control though.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 92d
They look and feel fairly comparable, IMO.
Onlyoffice
Libreoffice
einlander@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 91d
I promise you they do not feel the same.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 91d
I imagine Onlyoffice's settings menu is better (I'm not a fan of Libreoffice's settings), but for average use, what areas does Onlyoffice do better UX-wise? I believe Onlyoffice is better at handling microsoft office documents, but hopefully that will become less relevant with this movement to get away from US products.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 91d
I said this in another thread - but not feel like a java app with 40 years of baggage, for one.
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 91d
As someone who only used Onlyoffice briefly, to me they both seemed to do the same tasks about as well as each other. I didn't notice Libreoffice's age except in the settings menu. For actually just doing normal stuff, like word processing, it felt comparable, besides some minor stylistic UI polish in Onlyoffice.
Are there any specific pain points in Libreoffice that you can recall that Onlyoffice does significantly better in?
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 92d
DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 92d
Nnnothing?
It's not connected to LibreOffice in any way, though, aside from the first five letters of their names.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 92d
Hawke@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 91d
I think the difference is that this is web-based like Google Docs.
DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 89d
LibreOffice still includes some Java code, which creates performance bottlenecks. And, as u/Hawke points out, OnlyOffice and Euro-Office are web/cloud based, enabling better collaboration and more dependable access and storage.
BloodMuffin@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 89d
MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk · 6 pts · 92d
But what about Airwolf then?
DrakeAlbrecht@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 89d
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Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 92d
I'm glad they are shipping it after all the drama.
For the rest of us if you don't mind closed source softmaker office is from Germany and its not failed on any word document I've thrown at it.
BingBong@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 92d
I tried to like softmaker. However I use a Dvorak keyboard layout and they could not get keyboard shortcuts to work with non qwerty keyboards. Finally ended up abandoning them. On libreoffice now.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 91d
oh shit YOU'RE the one
SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 91d
This might be ignorant and asshole-ish on my part, but couldn't they just use Libreoffice?
Batman@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 91d
think only office has a lot of collaborative functionality that libreoffice doesn't.
ripcord@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 91d
This seems like a really good thing for the world.
OnlyOffice is actually really good. And all of the worst things about it are the things they say they are fixing.