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So 2019 is _finally_ gonna be the year of Linux on the Desktop? (Pardon me if I seem a little skeptical, I've heard this song before...)

agumonkey 8y ago
blender is getting fun; inkscape reaches 1.0, gimp might evolve methinks if libreoffice gets a bit leaner and featured it might be
- ikfmpwdsoz 8y ago
  Krita has been much nicer than Gimp in my experience, although they fulfil slightly different niches.
  - agumonkey 8y ago
    Yeah forgot Krita (sorry Krita) but I from the few I gathered, I agree.
- wyattpeak 8y ago
  I thought Libreoffice was fine enough until I started working in an office with people on Windows. I ran into so many compatibility problems I could barely believe it. Couldn't edit each other's headers, no maths support worked between the two, images and other objects would get randomly shuffled in the documents (one image showing up where another used to be). To say nothing of the minor niggling display differences reminiscent of the old IE6 box model problems. I had to start sending documents in PDF, but then they couldn't edit them. That alone was enough to move me back to Windows. For better or worse, I don't think Libreoffice can move forward until interoperability can be presumed.
  - pmontra 8y ago
    No different than what would have happened if you had Windows and all of them were working with Macs and its office suite. You would have had to buy a Mac. It's not an OS issue.
    - wyattpeak 8y ago
      It's certainly not an OS issue, because I'm not talking about OSs. I'm talking about Libreoffice.
  - amaccuish 8y ago
    Use OnlyOffice. It uses the Microsoft xml formats internally and I've found it work miles better for compatibility than Libreoffice. Plus it looks nicer :) you can install it as a snap.
    - lasagnaphil 8y ago
      I'm surprised that the desktop software is AGPL. When I first looked at the website I initially thought it was proprietary... Github Link: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE One question though: What desktop UI API are they using? Is it using the native APIs, or using Electron under the hood?
      - amaccuish 8y ago
        No idea but definitely javascript. My Nextcloud server uses OnlyOffice in the browser so I can edit my documents like with Google Docs or Office 365. It's the same code I'm sure in the browser and on the desktop.
shmerl 8y ago
Define finally. Is 2019 good for using Linux on the desktop? It sure is. Do you expect Windows users to run to install Linux to replace Windows? Most probably don't care or don't know how to. So usually people who switch to Linux at least know how to install an OS on their computer.

agumonkey 8y ago

blender is getting fun; inkscape reaches 1.0, gimp might evolve methinks if libreoffice gets a bit leaner and featured it might be

ikfmpwdsoz 8y ago
Krita has been much nicer than Gimp in my experience, although they fulfil slightly different niches.
- agumonkey 8y ago
  Yeah forgot Krita (sorry Krita) but I from the few I gathered, I agree.
wyattpeak 8y ago
I thought Libreoffice was fine enough until I started working in an office with people on Windows. I ran into so many compatibility problems I could barely believe it. Couldn't edit each other's headers, no maths support worked between the two, images and other objects would get randomly shuffled in the documents (one image showing up where another used to be). To say nothing of the minor niggling display differences reminiscent of the old IE6 box model problems. I had to start sending documents in PDF, but then they couldn't edit them. That alone was enough to move me back to Windows. For better or worse, I don't think Libreoffice can move forward until interoperability can be presumed.
- pmontra 8y ago
  No different than what would have happened if you had Windows and all of them were working with Macs and its office suite. You would have had to buy a Mac. It's not an OS issue.
  - wyattpeak 8y ago
    It's certainly not an OS issue, because I'm not talking about OSs. I'm talking about Libreoffice.
- amaccuish 8y ago
  Use OnlyOffice. It uses the Microsoft xml formats internally and I've found it work miles better for compatibility than Libreoffice. Plus it looks nicer :) you can install it as a snap.
  - lasagnaphil 8y ago
    I'm surprised that the desktop software is AGPL. When I first looked at the website I initially thought it was proprietary... Github Link: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE One question though: What desktop UI API are they using? Is it using the native APIs, or using Electron under the hood?
    - amaccuish 8y ago
      No idea but definitely javascript. My Nextcloud server uses OnlyOffice in the browser so I can edit my documents like with Google Docs or Office 365. It's the same code I'm sure in the browser and on the desktop.

shmerl 8y ago

Define finally. Is 2019 good for using Linux on the desktop? It sure is. Do you expect Windows users to run to install Linux to replace Windows? Most probably don't care or don't know how to. So usually people who switch to Linux at least know how to install an OS on their computer.