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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Switch to Linux Mint and Libreoffice. You will thank me later!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've been using LibreOffice and before that OpenOffice for as long as I've known about them being options. It's honestly baffling to me that any home user would ever pay for MS Office. What on Earth does it offer that any home user could conceivably need?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

One doesn't need to pay for MS Office. Not home users, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Familiarity, I suppose.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

This is the way. Any Linux and FOSS alternatives really.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Former burned out core LM developer here, the grass is not always greener (but maybe is if you don't know how the sausage is cooked).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

I, in fact, do not know how the sausage is cooked. It's great!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

LM is pretty green

[–] [email protected] 1 points 23 hours ago

It’s always better when you don’t know how the sausage is made.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Manjaro and SoftMaker Office works just as well

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

And then, you need a SW only available via AUR on arch based distro, see the toggle to enable AUR, do it, successfully install the app, make manjaro sw update and welcome in dependency hell ❤️