LibreOffice: We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues

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• BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I wonder why Apache continues to support OpenOffice. Its barely moved since 2014 and hasn’t even had a security update since 2023. They could archive it as an active project (keep the code available for those who want it) and redirect most users who land on the OpenOffice site to LibreOffice.

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• VagueAnodyneComments@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  LibreOffice may not be the prettiest or the most stable, but dammit, it gets the job done

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  • Psythik@lemm.ee ⁨33⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    OnlyOffice is good too if you want a more modern interface.

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• deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Sorry I forget sometimes. It’s just that OpenOffice is a way better name. “Libre” doesn’t leap off the tongue in English and is a pretty uncommon word.

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  • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t even know if I pronounce it right. Is it like libré or is it more like a lobster-tiger hybrid? Or a Lemur-cobra.hybtid?

    Also, if they’re watching, the themes still make the UI all funky unless it’s on the default—at least for Calc, anyway.

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    • Lawnman23@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I say leeb-ray, like it’s a French loanword.

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    • JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I always pronounced it lib-ray

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• shininghero@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I still occasionally slip on that myself. It’s the first non-Microsoft office suite I used and it’s burned into my memory.

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  • ininewcrow@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Same here … I started off for about four or five years on OpenOffice until it devolved into some weird open/private organization and everyone revolted and it turned into LibreOffice. I held onto OpenOffice for a while and then realized the LibreOffice was more open source system … but you’re right, whenever I look up anything as an Microsoft alternative, OpenOffice is the first to come to mind.

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• paequ2@lemmy.today ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I didn’t even realize you could install OpenOffice anymore… it’s doesn’t seem available in the Arch repos. wiki.archlinux.org/title/Apache_OpenOffice

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• Blaster_M@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m trying, but OpenOffice has all the hits on search

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• cyborganism@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I feel targeted. I commented somewhere last week saying someone should use OpenOffice when I meant LibreOffice.

  It’s just old reflexes.

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• land@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  If only LibreOffice’s user interface weren’t so outdated, I would definitely use it instead of OnlyOffice.

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  • AtariDump@lemmy.world ⁨26⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    www.onlyoffice.com

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  • Hawke@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Only office is basically the same interface again, all cloning MS-office 2007-2010.

    Bleach.

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  • TheTechnician27@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Outdated on Windows? Because on Linux, the LibreOffice UI is great, imo.

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    • Nednarb44@lemmy.world ⁨55⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      I think it’s plenty functional, but it looks dated and less flashy. I don’t mind that myself, but it does put some people off

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• Randomgal@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Both are trash tbh

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  • heynick@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    what’s the better alternative?

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    • Contramuffin@lemmy.world ⁨56⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

      OnlyOffice. Newer and somewhat less features, but the UI is so much better than LibreOffice. I’ve been on a quest to find the best Office alternative and OnlyOffice is what I’ve settled on

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• kreskin@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Like microsoft office is any better…

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  • otter@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The point is libreoffice is still being maintained.

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  • KbSez@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No, office is no better.

    LibreOffice can open any office format document and save in that format.

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• can@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  Odd, I didn’t think I was there in the first place.

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  • s08nlql9@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

    Oh yeah, i found that on my mastodon account so i copied that link instead of the real instance. But i updated the post now to use correct link

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