LibreOffice: We still see people on the fediverse recommending OpenOffice, despite it having year-old unfixed security issues
LibreOffice (@libreoffice@fosstodon.org)
Sorry I forget sometimes. It’s just that OpenOffice is a way better name. “Libre” is a pretty uncommon word in English and LibreOffice sounds like astrology software.
yeah i agree the name is terrible.
Unfortunately, corporations have bastardized the term “open” (looking at you, OpenAI) trying to get the credit Open Source software has earned.
Libre was a good choice to emphasize “free as in speech”.
Not if you speak Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, French, or Romanian.
Which combined is more people than just English speakers.
I don't even know if I pronounce it right. Is it like libré or is it more like a lobster-tiger hybrid? Or a Lemur-cobra.hybtid?
Also, if they're watching, the themes still make the UI all funky unless it's on the default—at least for Calc, anyway.
I wonder why Apache continues to support OpenOffice. Its barely moved since 2014 and hasn't even had a security update since 2023. They could archive it as an active project (keep the code available for those who want it) and redirect most users who land on the OpenOffice site to LibreOffice.
I didn't even realize you could install OpenOffice anymore... it's doesn't seem available in the Arch repos. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Apache_OpenOffice
Oh, wow. TIL https://www.openoffice.org/
I'm trying to tell everyone LibreOffice, but OpenOffice has all the hits on search when people look for an alternative to Microsoft Office
Whats funny is the people mentioning open office then saying libre office is not up to snuff and when they don't seem to realize the difference you know they have not used it in awhile. I mean like over a decade likely if your mentioning open office.
I feel targeted. I commented somewhere last week saying someone should use OpenOffice when I meant LibreOffice.
It's just old reflexes.
Setup an autocorrect phrase :D
If only LibreOffice’s user interface weren’t so outdated, I would definitely use it instead of OnlyOffice.
Outdated on Windows? Because on Linux, the LibreOffice UI is great, imo.
I think it's plenty functional, but it looks dated and less flashy. I don't mind that myself, but it does put some people off
Only office is basically the same interface again, all cloning MS-office 2007-2010.
Bleach.
It has a nice ribbon UI like MS Office! Unfortunately it is super hidden as you first need to enable experimental settings before you can switch it on.
I am still more inclined to follow the "old Linux nerds rulebook" and keep recommending to learn LaTex ;-)
LyX and LaTeX and you can really impress your lecturer with magnificent postscript documents...at least you could...
I don’t know what LibreOffice was like when y’all formed your opinions on it 20 years ago, but right now it’s pretty much perfect
Odd, I didn't think I was there in the first place.
Edit: it's a joke 🤷♂️
Is this really the intended behaviour for linking a Mastadon post?
Oh yeah, i found that on my mastodon account so i copied that link instead of the real instance. But i updated the post now to use correct link
Re unfixed security issues, Is microsoft office any better? I'm no expert but I doubt it.
And Office is a $129.99 a year subscription right. I'm not sure unfixed security issues is a fair yardstick in this market segment.
The point is libreoffice is still being maintained.
No, office is no better.
LibreOffice can open any office format document and save in that format.
I still occasionally slip on that myself. It's the first non-Microsoft office suite I used and it's burned into my memory.
Same here .... I started off for about four or five years on OpenOffice until it devolved into some weird open/private organization and everyone revolted and it turned into LibreOffice. I held onto OpenOffice for a while and then realized the LibreOffice was more open source system .... but you're right, whenever I look up anything as an Microsoft alternative, OpenOffice is the first to come to mind.