Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't be happier

Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't... by fithisux on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:10AM (#9069215)

I use Windows x64 and for the past one and a half year have kept it MS-Office clean. However my colleagues usually argue with me about this. Even If I try to explain them the advantages, they keep insist on using MS-Office even for scientific papers where I find Lyx superior. At work I installed it since I do not pay for it. At home, never even If I am on windows.

My only complaint is the lack of recent builds of Abiword/Gnumeric.

Abiword is on 3.0.0. in mingw64 in OBS. Gnumeric is even older.

These problems have to be fixed. Does anyone know where I can find recent builds for windows 7? x86/x64 makes no difference to me.

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Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't... by derekp7 on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:41AM (#9069401)

What about the following combination: First, set up a Windows based X implementation (Cygwin X, or Xming for example). Then run a stateless Linux install in a VM (maybe based off a live CD), and then set up icons on your Windows desktop to remotely launch the given apps on the Linux VM, displaying them on your Windows desktop with your local X server.

The main problems I see with this would be automating the Linux VM startup, and configuring the local icons (they would have to launch a script that ssh's into the Linux VM after checking if a local X server and the Linux VM is running, forwarding X connections).

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Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't... by fithisux on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @02:17PM (#9070379)

VM is not an option for me 😦 Even calligra is dead on windows. Maybe I should consider dualboot again.

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Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't... by ygra on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:25AM (#9069302)

> ... where I find Lyx superior

Trying to convince people to use something because »I consider it better« rarely works out, I guess.

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Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't... by jackmaney on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:48AM (#9069438)

"they keep insist on using MS-Office even for scientific papers"

0_0 You need some new colleagues, then. LaTeX is the de-facto standard for scientific and mathematical literature.

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Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't... by fithisux on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @02:14PM (#9070358)

I am searching for new colleagues already.

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Re:Why I ditched Microsoft Word for LibreOffice and couldn't... by hessenwolf on Wednesday February 18, 2015 @11:30AM (#9069330)

I am convinced the majority of the software in the world is really written in Excel, which was ripped off Lotus 123. LibreOffice does not really compete.

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