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LibreOffice Has Found its Rhythm

41 points by Garbage 14y ago

51Cards 14y ago
I'm a Windows user and I use LibreOffice. The new version really is excellent. I've debated for a bit which version I should be on (Open vs. Libre) but as of this release I am very content to stay put.
AncientPC 14y ago
> Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released statistics from Apache. I'm fairly certain that Linux users install the majority of their software from package repositories rather than downloading and installing from websites.
- ysangkok 14y ago
  Ubuntu and OpenSuSE have both obsoleted OpenOffice: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice.org#Update_to_Latest_Version http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice.org#Update_to_Latest_Versi...
- JohnTHaller 14y ago
  I thought all the major distros had obsoleted OpenOffice. Or at least removed it from the default set of apps for the bundled versions.
freshnote 14y ago
I was debating whether to use Office 365 or another Microsoft variant for awhile now, but this update is really snappy. Debate is over.
chmars 14y ago
On the Mac, LibreOffice has not found its rhythm yet (and the same goes for OpenOffice). Just one example: Mac OS X 10.7's fullscreen mode is still far from being implemented: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39983 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39983 On the other hand, LibreOffice is good enough to replace NeoOffice that seems to be stuck in its Java foundation and the need to pay for up-to-date versions. And I like in particular Writer in many parts better than Word. Kudos to all LibreOffice developers and supporters!
- JohnTHaller 14y ago
  Implementing a full-screen mode that only exists in 10.7 certainly isn't a showstopper bug. Even the original reporter (a Mac user) called this a "low priority". Saying LibreOffice "has not found its rhythm" and using a tiny feature request like this as an example is a bit silly.
billybob 14y ago
Glad to see this, and kudos to the team. Ever since I heard that they were taking code cruft seriously (http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2012-01-09-unused.html http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2012-01-09-unused.html), I've had high hopes for LibreOffice.
da_n 14y ago
"LibreOffice Has Found its Rhythm" "... of new downloads for Apache OpenOffice" Are there 2 names for this product?
drivebyacct2 14y ago
Most disappointing thing out of this is that there is a third "fork" of OpenOffice.org that is license incompatible and Mac OS X specific: NeoOffice. I had always thought it was a separate suite.
- jeltz 14y ago
  NeoOffice has been inferior to OpenOffice and LibreOffice for quite some time unless something drastic has happened recently.
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moreorless 14y ago
The numbers should not be very surprising considering how much bigger the Windows install base is compared to the Linux install base.

41 points by Garbage 14y ago

I'm a Windows user and I use LibreOffice. The new version really is excellent. I've debated for a bit which version I should be on (Open vs. Libre) but as of this release I am very content to stay put.

AncientPC 14y ago

> Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released statistics from Apache. I'm fairly certain that Linux users install the majority of their software from package repositories rather than downloading and installing from websites.

ysangkok 14y ago
Ubuntu and OpenSuSE have both obsoleted OpenOffice: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice.org#Update_to_Latest_Version http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice.org#Update_to_Latest_Versi...
JohnTHaller 14y ago
I thought all the major distros had obsoleted OpenOffice. Or at least removed it from the default set of apps for the bundled versions.

freshnote 14y ago

I was debating whether to use Office 365 or another Microsoft variant for awhile now, but this update is really snappy. Debate is over.

chmars 14y ago

On the Mac, LibreOffice has not found its rhythm yet (and the same goes for OpenOffice). Just one example: Mac OS X 10.7's fullscreen mode is still far from being implemented: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39983 https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39983 On the other hand, LibreOffice is good enough to replace NeoOffice that seems to be stuck in its Java foundation and the need to pay for up-to-date versions. And I like in particular Writer in many parts better than Word. Kudos to all LibreOffice developers and supporters!

JohnTHaller 14y ago
Implementing a full-screen mode that only exists in 10.7 certainly isn't a showstopper bug. Even the original reporter (a Mac user) called this a "low priority". Saying LibreOffice "has not found its rhythm" and using a tiny feature request like this as an example is a bit silly.

billybob 14y ago

Glad to see this, and kudos to the team. Ever since I heard that they were taking code cruft seriously (http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2012-01-09-unused.html http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2012-01-09-unused.html), I've had high hopes for LibreOffice.

da_n 14y ago

"LibreOffice Has Found its Rhythm" "... of new downloads for Apache OpenOffice" Are there 2 names for this product?

drivebyacct2 14y ago

Most disappointing thing out of this is that there is a third "fork" of OpenOffice.org that is license incompatible and Mac OS X specific: NeoOffice. I had always thought it was a separate suite.

jeltz 14y ago
NeoOffice has been inferior to OpenOffice and LibreOffice for quite some time unless something drastic has happened recently.

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moreorless 14y ago

The numbers should not be very surprising considering how much bigger the Windows install base is compared to the Linux install base.