Re:“LibreOffice is at serious risk”
by thrownaway954 on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:42PM
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i used to use LibreOffice back in the day when MSOffice was too expensive. nowadays i just use google docs and google sheets. i'm sure 90% of people out there use a browser/cloud based office product. if LibreOffice wants to remain relevant, they should make some sort of cloud based product (if they already have, i'm not aware of it).
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They addressed this partly by LibreOffice Online: https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-online/
Re:“LibreOffice is at serious risk”
by thrownaway954 on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:38PM
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it says its unsupported. this leads me to believe this isn't anything official from them, just something of any experiment. i'm not going to "test" not trust an unsupported office suite that i need for everyday use.
Re:“LibreOffice is at serious risk”
by bryanlarsen on Friday July 10, 2020 @03:54PM
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Re:“LibreOffice is at serious risk”
by thrownaway954 on Friday July 10, 2020 @04:34PM
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i don't see a plan for personal use. maybe i'm missing something?
Collabora Online is Collabora's branded version of LibreOffice Online. They also have a version they call Collabora Online Development Edition that you can find here for personal use: https://www.collaboraoffice.com/code/.
There is no stable edition of LibreOffice Online but you can find a daily build of the master branch for Docker at https://hub.docker.com/r/libreoffice/online.
Both LibreOffice Online from Docker Hub and Collabora Online Development Edition have a configured limiation of 20 connections for 10 different doucments so personally, I'd recommend building from source. You can find the source code for LibreOffice Online here: https://git.libreoffice.org/online.
I suspect the lack of a stable version of LibreOffice Online is intentional as a way to try to drive more business towards companies such as Collabora.