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why using WordPad? So much FOSS alternatives without ads.

• chapium 7y ago
  Really, do you have some examples?
  • aloisdg 7y ago
    Does LibreOffice work for you? I will also mention OpenOffice. LO is a forked of OO. Search online for the LibreOffice vs OpenOffice for more information. I also tried Abiword if you want another one (not sure if abiword is available on Windows).
    • thenewnewguy 7y ago
      As far as I know there is basically no reason to use OO, it is a completely dead project. All of the development effort is being focused on LO, so if you want a FOSS word processor use LO.
      • opencl 7y ago
        OO isn't completely dead, the Apache foundation is still maintaining it. It's more like it's on life support. But it is definitely true that LO development is far far more active and there's not much point in using OO over it. And Abiword for Windows does exist but hasn't been updated in the past decade.
    • chapium 7y ago
      Using it now, for the first time in over a decade. I'm pretty pleased with libre writer so far, even though it is pretty bloated, relatively, when compared to wordpad.
• gtk40 7y ago
  To me, the advantages are support for multiple common file formats out of the box on Windows (text files with Unix line endings, DOCX, ODT, etc.). I know I have an option with a base Windows install for some file types if I'm ever using it.
• blibble 7y ago
  it's not as if Windows 10 shows you ads if you use open source projects is it? https://external-preview.redd.it/mZxH3Zh3-fme9ENc2j1CAENz3nQjnafk4CiB8mC047g.jpg?auto=webp&s=630181a37f48f7d90cd3fc61c6023771a2bde6bf https://external-preview.redd.it/mZxH3Zh3-fme9ENc2j1CAENz3nQ...