Comment on LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week

• ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oracle bought and ratfucked it.

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I still use it sometimes.

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    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I would recommend switching to LibreOffice, it is definitely more performant and modern.

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    • veniasilente@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Why would you do that to yourself???

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      • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I like the austere layout

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• raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oracle happened. pcworld.com/…/why-you-should-ditch-openoffice-and…

  Seriously, fuck Oracle with a rusty rebar. They already ruined mysql.

  mysql -> MariaDB OpenOffice -> LibreOffice

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• ozymandias117@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Oracle happened to it

  All the devs went to LibreOffice after that

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• Speculater@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They were bought and made for profit.

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  • Fredselfish@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Libreoffice doesn’t have read aloud feature which makes it useless to me. Neither did openoffice. Windows stil only program with it. And I use it for editing purposes.

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