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Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too by wyattpeak on Sunday January 20, 2019 @12:06AM (#18951259)
I thought Libreoffice was fine enough until I started working in an office with people on Windows.

I ran into so many compatibility problems I could barely believe it. Couldn't edit each other's headers, no maths support worked between the two, images and other objects would get randomly shuffled in the documents (one image showing up where another used to be). To say nothing of the minor niggling display differences reminiscent of the old IE6 box model problems.

I had to start sending documents in PDF, but then they couldn't edit them. That alone was enough to move me back to Windows.

For better or worse, I don't think Libreoffice can move forward until interoperability can be presumed.

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Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too by amaccuish on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:11AM (#18952680)
Use OnlyOffice. It uses the Microsoft xml formats internally and I've found it work miles better for compatibility than Libreoffice. Plus it looks nicer :) you can install it as a snap.
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Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too by lasagnaphil on Sunday January 20, 2019 @07:47AM (#18952797)
I'm surprised that the desktop software is AGPL. When I first looked at the website I initially thought it was proprietary...

Github Link: https://github.com/ONLYOFFICE

One question though: What desktop UI API are they using? Is it using the native APIs, or using Electron under the hood?

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Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too by amaccuish on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:56PM (#18955526)
No idea but definitely javascript. My Nextcloud server uses OnlyOffice in the browser so I can edit my documents like with Google Docs or Office 365. It's the same code I'm sure in the browser and on the desktop.
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Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too by pmontra on Sunday January 20, 2019 @02:35AM (#18951709)
No different than what would have happened if you had Windows and all of them were working with Macs and its office suite. You would have had to buy a Mac. It's not an OS issue.
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Re:How and why I transitioned to Linux, and how you can too by wyattpeak on Sunday January 20, 2019 @03:39AM (#18951956)
It's certainly not an OS issue, because I'm not talking about OSs. I'm talking about Libreoffice.
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