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LibreOffice is great, but it's not comparable to commercial desktop word processors. However, it's far, far better than any browser-based one I've used.
by danielheath 4y ago
LibreOffice is great, but it's not comparable to commercial desktop word processors.
However, it's far, far better than any browser-based one I've used.
- stephen_g 4y agoDepends on what you want to do... I find LibreOffice fine because if I want to create documents that are actually complex I'm going to reach for InDesign or LaTeX. I don't find something like Microsoft Word really much better for anything I'd want to do with it than LibreOffice.
- kqr 4y agoThis is what I've arrived at too. If I just want to make notes, I'll use Org or Markdown in plain text. These can also be converted to HTML for web. If I want to print something with lots of text, nothing beats LaTeX. If I am making something design intensive, I'll use Scribus or some other desktop publishing software. I guess regular people think of word processors as the Swiss army knife here: does everything, not particularly well, but worth only having to learn one software?