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In my experience the real barrier to regular users adopting Linux has been Microsoft Office. The UI is not a big impediment but when it comes to "How do I send
by sunstone 8y ago
In my experience the real barrier to regular users adopting Linux has been Microsoft Office. The UI is not a big impediment but when it comes to "How do I send and receive word/excell documents?" That's where the wheels fall off.
Sure there are work arounds and other formats etc but for most people that is just too much hassle.
- RussianCow 8y agoThis is mostly a non-issue with LibreOffice, unless you work with the advanced features of the Office programs (most people don't). Sure, the UI isn't as good, but I don't think that's the biggest barrier to adoption, or even close to it.
- Hydraulix989 8y agoAnyone who uses Excel for any kind of serious work quickly gets frustrated by the LibreOffice limitations.
- RussianCow 8y agoHence: "unless you work with the advanced features of the Office programs"
- Hydraulix989 8y agoEven basic formulae behave differently though.
- rushikesh98 8y agoUmm, no. The only time I use W10 is reading ppts by profs because Impress really messes the rendering.
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- RussianCow 8y agoI admit I have never actually used Impress, so I'll take your word for it. But I have never had an issue opening ppts in Google Slides. The point being, there exist solutions for opening Microsoft Office documents on Linux that are good enough for average/casual users.
- TomMarius 8y agoLibreOffice has literally never parsed literally any corporate document I've ever received correctly.
- RussianCow 8y agoWell if we're talking about work then I agree. But for "normal user" things, the LibreOffice suite works just fine. I've only had minor incompatibilities with it day to day with casual use.
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- WalterGR 8y agoBut for "normal user" things, the LibreOffice suite works just fine. A “normal user” thing is to need to occasionally load a work document at home.