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As a Linux user I breathe a sigh of relief when I get a Docs link rather than a complicated pptx file that won't render properly and I can't edit.
by philjackson 12y ago
As a Linux user I breathe a sigh of relief when I get a Docs link rather than a complicated pptx file that won't render properly and I can't edit.
- jmount 12y agoCan't Libre office deal with pptx by now?
- aroman 12y agoIt always could 'deal with it', the issue is getting it to render identically to PowerPoint, which is virtually impossible to accomplish for non-trivial presentations, it seems. Likewise for other Office files. iWork has the same problem.
- jmount 12y agoBut surely Google docs presentations are fairly non-repeatable across browsers, operating systems, and years.
- philjackson 12y agoAll "modern" browsers render Docs well. Not sure what difference the OS makes, after all, it's just a vessel for the browser's rendering engine.
- dan15 12y agoFont rendering can differ between different OSes but it's usually not too bad.
- sz4kerto 12y agoBoth are nice proprietary formats.
- nirvdrum 12y agoIf you're running Linux as a matter of technical preference and not as a philosophical opposition to commercial software, I've had really good luck with just installing Office in Crossover.