Are there good Microsoft word alternatives that support Linux (I don’t mind closed source)? Libreoffice is meh and only office is quite good, but are there any better ones? Also, is there a way to install word on Linux using wine? When I do that my laptop just overheats and loses internet connection.

  • Mwalimu@baraza.africa
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    1 year ago

    Your use case matters here. Perhaps there are other specialized tools for what you want to achieve.

    Why is LibreOffice “meh”? I have used it for the last 10 years and would like to know what it is you find off with it.

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      11 months ago

      Not OP, but my personal (mild) meh with Libre is it’s visual style. But to be fair, I use it rarely and for those few occasions I’ve been too lazy to check if there are design alternatives (which most definitely exist, we’re on Linux after all).

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        11 months ago

        Try the other UI layouts, like the notebook bar. LO can look pretty close to MS office if you change the settings some.

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          11 months ago

          It’s all programmer UI, really.

          Even the tabbed view was hard to use for me, especially the impossible to use “styles” box that scrolls a narrow view. I use it all the time on MS Word, and much prefer how they handle it.

          Also, no CSD, so the title bar kinda just chills there, meanwhile it’s used in Microsoft Word.