Try ArtCraft suite in Slackware too.
Re:Running a law firm on Free software
by sombragris on Sunday November 08, 2026 @03:54PM
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Thanks, but doesn't seem a good idea. It has that atrocious ribbon interface and I'm not sure about 100% MS Word compatibility.
If I'm going to use something that is highly (but not 100%) compatible with MS Word, I'd stay with LibreOffice since at least it has a decent user interface.
I've been using Linux on the desktop from 2000 onwards, and exclusively about 2005 or so. I've been a law student using free software, and I wrote my lawyer's thesis in LaTeX.
I practice law using LibreOffice, and I'm having no problem using it. I keep a Word365 install in a Windows partition for compatibility purposes, but I almost don't use it (the fact that it forces that hideous ribbon interface on me doesn't help... Hey MS, give us a proper WIMP menu back!).
For PDFs I use Okular, which handles digital signatures well and also offers a bunch of annotation features.
My Linux setup is Slackware-current, right now I'm using Plasma 6.8.
If anything, Linux and free software helped me work more efficiently.