Thank you Microsoft, for the final push

[plantpowerphysicist@discuss.tchncs.de]

I've been dual-booting Linux and Windows for a while, with Windows as the fall-back option in case I wanted to use Office for something. Now that they tried to trick me into paying a subscription for their AI slop machine, I'm finally, fully out. It was a pain to actually track down and back-up the stuff that was held for ransom in OneDrive, but now it is done.

[user_naa@lemmy.world]

You should try OnlyOffice. It is very similar to MS Office and fully compatible with Microsoft formats. It has fully replaced MS Office for me for all office work. Also it can be easely integrated with your private NextCloud. You can install it from Flathub.

Edit: it also lets you edit and convert pdfs like Adobe Acrobat Pro

[geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml]

Is this better than LibreOffice?

[ian@feddit.uk]

Why not both? It's simple to install both and decide for yourself. I use both for different tasks.

[geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml]

People usually refer to LibreOffice, so it is interesting that this alternative I never heard of before is allegedly better (it looks better that is for sure)

[kungfushoe@lemmy.world]

PSA: OnlyOffice does/may have close ties to Russia:

https://dms-solutions.co/blog/dms-solutions-stops-doing-business-with-onlyoffice-due-to-onlyoffice-close-ties-with-russia/

I use LibreOffice for this very reason

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Welcome! Been like a year and a half for me, and I can't even imagine ever going back to Windows. Just using it for work is already too much.

[synopsistantilize@lemm.ee]

I can feel the bloat when I use it now.
Like you need to get from point a to b in a hallway. It's just you...and windows inflatable boat they fully inflated in the hallway between a and b. And you have to squeeze through to go to point b.

[emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works]

LibreOffice has more features and is overall better. OnlyOffice is more compatible with MS Office. So if you need to use docx etc. for work, you use OnlyOffice as a workaround.

[jaybone@lemmy.world]

But LibreOffice has supported docx for years now, right?

[gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de]

What distro are you using, and how difficult was it for you to get started with it?

I'm currently making a list of distros and looking at each's pros and cons, including:

• what did work out of the box?
• what required more work to fix / workaround?

[_____@lemm.ee]

my unsolicited 2c is to checkout mint

[mwa@lemm.ee]

Mint easy to use and requires the least maintaining I kinda wanted kde tho at that time.

[bokherif@lemmy.world]

Bro I use windows for mostly gaming and it forced me to update to 24h2 which broke most games.

[emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works]

It messes up object arrangement. This is technically Microsoft's fault, but that doesn't help when you want to communicate clearly with a MS Office user.

[prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Yeah, Linux feels like what using a personal computer was always supposed to be.

[jackattack@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Could you clarify on this a bit? I'm genuinely curious what the update did to the games as many use windows for the same.

[jackattack@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

I've heard PopOS/Linux Mint are great starters. I personally run ZorinOS which is based on Ubuntu. It's beautiful, had built in customization, and has a free version (I paid for the pro version because I liked it so much and wanted to super it).

You'll find occasional headaches in all Linux distros just because it's not windows so compatibility can require work arounds depending what you wanna run. But it's worth it. Feels so much faster and in your control which is nice. Also if you screw up the distro you can just boot another distro from the flashdrive you used to install in the first place (keep the ISO handy just in case ).

[bokherif@lemmy.world]

Some games just dont run at all basically, you get a black screen. I could roll it back with the recovery but it would suck bad if I could not. Disabled updates for now.

[supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz]

Same, Microsoft is about to force my laptop to update and I am about to own zero devices that run Windows.

There is no coming back either, which is what makes the schadenfeude of Microsoft really actually catching the car (as the dog) this time.

I think it is going to make heads spin how fast the idea that Windows has unassailable hegemony in the desktop space becomes an antiquated idea. There is an asteroid in the sky, and the time of dinosaurs is over lol.