LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs

Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by vunderba on Friday March 28, 2025 @12:17AM (#43501471)

That's honestly less than I would have expected. I still have an old copy of Microsoft Office 95 though I no longer have the hardware with which to run it. Ditto a copy of Adobe Photoshop CS6 which I believe was the final version before they went full on subscription.

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by chii on Friday March 28, 2025 @02:17AM (#43502092)

i reckon these software ought to run fine in a VM, perhaps running something like windows xp. Unfortunately, with photoshop, the hardware drivers for the various drawing tablets will probably not function (or remain available).

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by raffraffraff on Friday March 28, 2025 @05:03AM (#43503115)

Also work on a brand new Linux with wine.

Actually come to that, my wife has Windows 10 and runs Photoshop CS2 occasionally.

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Re:LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid ... by goosedragons on Friday March 28, 2025 @11:05AM (#43506378)

I tested PS7 on ARM64 Windows and it ran fine even. A little blurry on the high DPI display though.

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