Microsoft Office support in Windows 10 ends in October too - what that really means
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Visual studio code has vs codium, which is a free and open source alternative. I've tested it a bit and it's really nice! But yeah, not vs
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Yeah I tried vscode but it’s just similar enough to vs yet different enough to be frustrating
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So I did consider that before going with the VM. My big issue with that is that it looks like a lot of sensitive information is stored online, whereas TurboTax stores my information on the local machine and only transmits as needed.
Any feedback to the contrary would be appreciated
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You have the same options you always had. Upgrade to Windows 11, switch to Apple, switch to *nix.
I just nuked windows off my last computer and went pure Linux.
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I wonder if this also means that specialty license of 10 that isn't stopping support. I was considering using that before going to 11. The name escapes me of what it was, though.
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I mean has a word processor really changed much since 2021?
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Libreoffice with the ribbon interface looks about the same to me.
OnlyOffice is basically an electron browser app IIRC which is why the performance is so poor.
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At that point I'd just use one of the tools to bypass checks. Would still have legitimate licenses and everything.
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I think the question is more "Will Microsoft ever make an offline release again?"
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The number of people who move text around by adding spaces is too damn high!
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You shouldn't trust TurboTax so much.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/03/01/turbotax-privacy-tax-return-2024/
They also keep trying to trick you into giving consent:
https://www.moneytalksnews.com/are-turbotax-and-hr-block-sharing-your-personal-info/
They also lobby to keep taxes complex.
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I’d say yes given that Office 2024 (perpetual) and the LTSC versions have already been released. Trying to find the FAQ again where they said they reconsidered and will still release perpetual offfline versions.
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Sounds.. typical. The last one is really why I don’t like TurboTax to begin with. But I don’t know how to find a tax consultant so… TurboTax it is for me
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yea who ever things that is a good idea, while we have MariaDB, PostgreSQL and Valkey should be fired.
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Who needs align right when you can just hold the space-bar till it's there, or if you are a pro tab then space for perfect alignment
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Oh no, we'll have to use something other than terrible, AI ridden MS office? How terrible
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I have spent the last several weeks re-creating documents like this there were developed and maintained by one guy for 38 years.
There's a half page drawing done in word that is lines and boxes and text all as text and positioned with spaces and tabs. I think I took a screenshot of it and just made it all one picture -
LibreOffice FTW screw Microshaft!
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Fuck windows for doing that; I unintentionally switched to MacOS
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It's a trade-off for sure, but they're both free/FOSS. So it's worth test driving both.
I used primarily open office and Libreoffice 10-15 years ago and it was dated then but competitive. Trying it this year left me feeling like it hadn't gotten much interface work in that time.
I really wish the team would invest in a serious overhaul that's long overdue. The back end, especially when it comes to huge files, outperforms onlyoffice by a mile. But for me, only office is faster to use because the navigation is so much easier.
