LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs | The free open-source Microsoft Office alternative is being downloaded by nearly 1 million users a week
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It's finally (your) Year of the Linux Desktop!
Soon (tm)
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Linux needs to sound a lot less intimidating for people who don’t really do tech besides the very basics.
I think the biggest factor in that is getting tutorials and such out there that focus on the basics, written by people who mainly do things on Linux using the basics and GUI tools. So much of the Linux content out there is focused on power users and even the tutorials for new users tend to be written by those power users who may have been techs focused before switching and forget or just don't know how basic they really have to get to not make people feel intimidated.
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What happened to Openoffice?
Oracle bought and ratfucked it.
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What happened to Openoffice?
Oracle happened to it
All the devs went to LibreOffice after that
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Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week. That’s the highest download number since 2023.
“We estimate around 200 million [LibreOffice] users, but it’s important to note that we respect users’ privacy and don’t track them, so we can’t say for sure,” said Mike Saunders, an open-source advocate and a deputy to the board of directors at The Document Foundation.
LibreOffice users typically want a straightforward interface, Saunders said. “They don’t want subscriptions, and they don’t want AI being ‘helpful’ by poking its nose into their work — it reminds them of Clippy from the bad old days,” he said.
There are genuine use cases for generative AI tools, but many users prefer to opt-in to it and choose when and where to enable it. “We have zero plans to put AI into LibreOffice. But we understand the value of some AI tools and are encouraging developers to create … extensions that use AI in a responsible way,” Saunders said.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/13/libreoffice_wasm_zetaoffice/
Native Realtime collaboration on documents and spreadsheets is the last feature holding us back from switching in business environments.
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Donate if you regularly use Syncthing. Help close the causal loop.
LibreOffice too for that matter. Kick 'em a few bucks if you can spare it.
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Yeah I’m wondering for how many weeks.
And then how many millions of ms office users there are? (Or billions…)
I mean does it matter? Any open source program competing with THE established office suite that literally everyone learns getting that kind of adoption is insane
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I must be one of them. In the last couple of weeks I'm transitioning my apps and services to open source and EU based.
I switched from Windows to CachyOS, switched my emails, switched browser, degoogled my phone, deleted FB and X and many more.It feels so refreshing and free.
That is allot of stuff in a short time. Nice!
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I must be one of them. In the last couple of weeks I'm transitioning my apps and services to open source and EU based.
I switched from Windows to CachyOS, switched my emails, switched browser, degoogled my phone, deleted FB and X and many more.It feels so refreshing and free.
Good job! Welcome to Beltalowda
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I mean does it matter? Any open source program competing with THE established office suite that literally everyone learns getting that kind of adoption is insane
Oh it’s great news either way. I’d just be curious about the numbers.
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Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week. That’s the highest download number since 2023.
“We estimate around 200 million [LibreOffice] users, but it’s important to note that we respect users’ privacy and don’t track them, so we can’t say for sure,” said Mike Saunders, an open-source advocate and a deputy to the board of directors at The Document Foundation.
LibreOffice users typically want a straightforward interface, Saunders said. “They don’t want subscriptions, and they don’t want AI being ‘helpful’ by poking its nose into their work — it reminds them of Clippy from the bad old days,” he said.
There are genuine use cases for generative AI tools, but many users prefer to opt-in to it and choose when and where to enable it. “We have zero plans to put AI into LibreOffice. But we understand the value of some AI tools and are encouraging developers to create … extensions that use AI in a responsible way,” Saunders said.
Nice. Maybe now Microsoft will respond by
offering non-subscription optionsinventing a new proprietary industry-standard file format so their bloated ransomware remains mandatory. -
What happened to Openoffice?
Oracle happened.
https://www.pcworld.com/article/423300/why-you-should-ditch-openoffice-and-use-the-free-libreoffice-suite.htmlSeriously, fuck Oracle with a rusty rebar. They already ruined mysql.
mysql -> MariaDB
OpenOffice -> LibreOffice
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Oracle bought and ratfucked it.
I still use it sometimes.
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Syncthing has been so helpful in making me move away from cloud based options. And to think only reason I found out about it and gave it a shot was because I was trying to figure out how to easily sync my non Steam game save files between my Desktop and my Steam Deck. It's been invaluable since then.
Syncthing
That is a very cool project that I'd never heard of. Thanks for sharing!
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Interest in LibreOffice, the open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, is on the rise, with weekly downloads of its software package close to 1 million a week. That’s the highest download number since 2023.
“We estimate around 200 million [LibreOffice] users, but it’s important to note that we respect users’ privacy and don’t track them, so we can’t say for sure,” said Mike Saunders, an open-source advocate and a deputy to the board of directors at The Document Foundation.
LibreOffice users typically want a straightforward interface, Saunders said. “They don’t want subscriptions, and they don’t want AI being ‘helpful’ by poking its nose into their work — it reminds them of Clippy from the bad old days,” he said.
There are genuine use cases for generative AI tools, but many users prefer to opt-in to it and choose when and where to enable it. “We have zero plans to put AI into LibreOffice. But we understand the value of some AI tools and are encouraging developers to create … extensions that use AI in a responsible way,” Saunders said.
And IIIIII helped!
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Linux needs to sound a lot less intimidating for people who don’t really do tech besides the very basics.
Successful propaganda. As if those people were able to install (or configure) Windows if it didn't come preinstalled and with autoupdates...
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Good job! Welcome to Beltalowda
Next up: join the OPA! -
A reference to The Expanse.
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Nice. Maybe now Microsoft will respond by
offering non-subscription optionsinventing a new proprietary industry-standard file format so their bloated ransomware remains mandatory. -
Yeah desktop apps era is back baby. Fuck you cloud.
