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Nick @ The Linux ExperimentQuick poll : which office suite do you use on #Linux ?
LibreOffice
OnlyOffice
MS Office Online or Google Docs
Other (tell me in a reply)
Poll ended at .
finite;crystal π€π@thelinuxEXP I use LibreOffice to open files on the desktop but I do most of my actual editing using Collabora Online in my Nextcloud instance.
NiceMicro@finite @thelinuxEXP Similarly, except I use @ONLYOFFICE on my @nextcloud . It is very neat combination, except for the issue with rotating photos in their slideshow editor. Which I should really report as a bug when I have the time.
Domingos Faria
Alexander (Sasha) Wait Zaranek@dfaria @thelinuxEXP LibreOffice + Google docs + Overleaf (LaTeX) for me. β₯οΈ Always interested in finding good Gdocs replacement.
@wait_sasha @thelinuxEXP You can use Nextcloud Office to replace Gdocs: https://nextcloud.com/office/
@dfaria @thelinuxEXP right. β₯οΈ I haven't tried self hosting options yet. Do you have a recommended installation path?
Debian packaging seems complicated? Cf. https://wiki.debian.org/Nextcloud
And I have to wrap my head around security as well. I've used a wireguard based VPN to keep home servers off Internet. Haven't generalized that but probably could.
Anuj Kaushik@wait_sasha @dfaria @thelinuxEXP I would recommend using the Nexcloud docker image by linuxserver.io. Very easy to install, maintain and update.
jonas π¨βππ¨βπ» πΆ@dfaria @thelinuxEXP Same here except for the few collaborational tasks which I'm using Libreoffice for
JiΕΓ Gregor@thelinuxEXP Libre office + Google docs
Jelmer Schreuder@thelinuxEXP all of them, but chose OnlyOffice as it has my strong preference. LibreOffice mostly sometimes because the UI for comments and track-changes is a bit better, and MS Online for collaboration with colleagues.
Henrick@thelinuxEXP I use Libre Office & MS Office Online. Since I couldn't select both options on the poll.
@thelinuxEXP LibreOffice, for many, many years.
OnlyOffice has the much more modern look, but I always have formatting problems when I open Excel documents under Windows in MS Office. Not always, but again and again.
Stetsed@thelinuxEXP So this kind of depends what I'm doing tbh. If I'm making it for myself then LibreOffice is my goto. However if I am submitting it to something more formal then I usually make it in LibreOffice but review it is MS Office Online
Daniel Brotherston@thelinuxEXP I use Google Docs mainly because it works on every device I have, and provides me a decent backup automatically.
Basically, I'm lazy, and any replacement has to let me be just as lazy.
Martin Vermeer FCD@thelinuxEXP Not really a suite, but LyX/LaTeX for authoring, with octave for the numerics and octave and XFig for the graphics. Everything with gitlab, of course.
Simon Wolf@thelinuxEXP I use LibreOffice for general tasks but find myself having to use MS Office online quite a lot of the time because things still get mangled.
Charles de Lacombe β@thelinuxEXP "I don't use an office suite"
Rui Franco Silva@thelinuxEXP
O OnlyOffice nunca utilizei.
Dei uma "espreitadela" ao site
https://www.onlyoffice.com/
e parece-se que tem muitas semelhanças grÑficas com o Microsoft Office.
TambΓ©m verifiquei que o OnlyOffice Γ© propriedade duma empresa a:
Ascensio System SIA,
O OnlyOffice nunca utilizei.
Dei uma "espreitadela" ao site
https://www.onlyoffice.com/
e parece-se que tem muitas semelhanças grÑficas com o Microsoft Office.
TambΓ©m verifiquei que o OnlyOffice Γ© propriedade duma empresa a:
Ascensio System SIA,
flywheelIt used to be LibreOffice and Focuswriter for special occations.
But a few years back I transitioned to MarkDown - first using Ghostwriter, then Obsidian and now Emacs with the Markdown plugin.
Emacs gives me somewhat the same feeling as Focuswriter and Ghostwriter in Hemingway mode do.
abhijith@flywheel @thelinuxEXP I only use Libre Office to open files. I have little use for office applications. If I have to write anything(other than code) I do it in Nano.
Anafabula@thelinuxEXP I actually have a VM only for MS Office. It has a couple of features I need that the alternatives don't have
arcdaniel@thelinuxEXP MS Office kept me a long time on Windows. LibreOffice was not able to convince me (even if I love the project) but it was OnlyOffice that did it. Such a great application.
Panda 
@thelinuxEXP OnlyOffice all day every day!
Paul L@thelinuxEXP
Voted LibreOffice for local offline files but use Google Docs more for work from home or office or at a site, as multiple team users need to access shared documents (project work and technical files such as configuration data).
Slack more than email for work messaging though.
Γystein Viggen@thelinuxEXP
I'm a Linux server sysadmin. If I ever use an office suite, I'm probably doing my job wrong. Documentation goes on the wiki, and you can't really use Microsoft Word to configure Ansible.
I'm a Linux server sysadmin. If I ever use an office suite, I'm probably doing my job wrong. Documentation goes on the wiki, and you can't really use Microsoft Word to configure Ansible.
@oysteivi Hahaha true π
Will Mastodon@thelinuxEXP LibreOffice if is for my use,
OnlyOffice being my only answer when someone asks me about "Office for linux" (or a free one for Windows, too).
Julian@thelinuxEXP I use LibreOffice for personal spreadsheets and Markdown or LaTeX for documents and presentations.
@thelinuxEXP (I voted for "LibreOffice" however, not for "Other".)
Nicolas@thelinuxEXP A combination of all, depending on who I have to give the document to.
arthur.pizza@thelinuxEXP I voted Libreoffice but I do use Microsoft office online when I need to collaborate with someone.
Sundar@thelinuxEXP
I rarely have need for an office suite, but when I do I mostly use KDEβs Calligra suite of apps. Not sure if theyβre as feature rich as LibreOffice and others (I think not), but Calligra apps are always stable, fast, and they donβt mess up the documents the way LibreOffice often does in my experience.
I rarely have need for an office suite, but when I do I mostly use KDEβs Calligra suite of apps. Not sure if theyβre as feature rich as LibreOffice and others (I think not), but Calligra apps are always stable, fast, and they donβt mess up the documents the way LibreOffice often does in my experience.
@digital_carver Calligra is much, much less compatible with MS Office documents, but it you use it on its own, itβs great!
@thelinuxEXP
Iβm lucky enough to not have to deal with those much, itβs mainly either PDFs I import and edit, or documents I create anew.
Iβm lucky enough to not have to deal with those much, itβs mainly either PDFs I import and edit, or documents I create anew.
Pierric@thelinuxEXP none. In the rare instances I need to create or open office docs, I still default to Google docs. A self hosted solution sounds appealing but the one I briefly considered did not run on 32bit raspberries so I'll revisit one day...
Bradley@thelinuxEXP
I avoid office suites as much as possible. I would rather use plaintext, groff, markdown, org-mode, etc.
I avoid office suites as much as possible. I would rather use plaintext, groff, markdown, org-mode, etc.
CauΓͺ@thelinuxEXP I like more the LibreOffice look rather than onlyoffice.
BlackIkeEagle@thelinuxEXP libreoffice and onlyoffice on desktop and onlyoffice online
Rphlm@thelinuxEXP I use both LO and OnlyOffice on Linux, and find the later more polished and efficient. But I keep with LO for the portable version on Windows.
Elzen@thelinuxEXP @mmu_man LᴬTα΄X for my own work. When I have to open documents from other people, there's Abiword and Gnumeric, but I'm still looking for a standalone alternative to LibreOffice Impress.
Rafii@thelinuxEXP I use Docs because I am used to them and everything is synced live. Except for OneNote that is from MS.
Nightbreaker@thelinuxEXP only calc. Everything else is done with LaTeX.
The1goit 
@thelinuxEXP used to use MS Office for years, mainly for school, then I moved to Google docs for online stuff. Now I'm considering grabbing one of the recommended Linux office suites.
maybe OnlyOffice.
Asterisk π¨π¦I use MS Office Online as I need integrated sharing and a proper interface, even if my Calibri fonts don't look quite right.
mike6ixgolf@asterisk
@thelinuxEXP
Consider #Etherpad for #realtime, #OpenSource #foss #flexible document #team #collaboration and #sharing without #tracking and #data #surveillance from #GAFAM. It's a #federated service.
etherpad.org
@thelinuxEXP
Consider #Etherpad for #realtime, #OpenSource #foss #flexible document #team #collaboration and #sharing without #tracking and #data #surveillance from #GAFAM. It's a #federated service.
etherpad.org
seeteegee@thelinuxEXP I just write simple text with http://supertxt.net
charadon@fossto-:/ # 
@thelinuxEXP I'm one of those people who still use OpenOffice. If it ain't broke...
@Charadon You really should move to LibreOffice. It keeps the same origabization but itβs much, much better!
@thelinuxEXP I mostly use OpenOffice because it's a lot more static. I've had Libreoffice break on me way too many times =P. (Not to mention, I rarely use office suites.)
Willow "Wolveric" Catkin@thelinuxEXP (Granted, that's because LibreOffice is pre-installed with Linux Mint, and isn't something I use actively enough to prompt me to switch... π )
Would be interested for other recommendations though.
Brian Weber@thelinuxEXP I use OnlyOffice through my Nexcloud server but also use LibreOffice at times on the desktop.
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@thelinuxEXP LibreOffice no contest!ππ»
CΞ»rlos@thelinuxEXP Markdown + pandoc
Vint Prox@thelinuxEXP I can't seriously start a decent document in LibreOffice and any office suite app, for that matter. They infect every file with a lot of poor and opinionated design choices. Since my daily life doesn't involve opening something in office suite formats, I'm good with publishing #Markdown and #Asciidoctor on GitHub and GitLab (recently discovered they are pretty active in adopting better standards of authoring).
GrΓΌnspatz@thelinuxEXP Could you maybe make a Review/Vlogpost about Collabora Online? I have a small Nextcloud Server that does just fine handling occasional file sharing to >100 people, but just alone using Nextcloud office is such a bad experience. And i honestly don't know if i just need a bigger server/seperate server or just doing something wrong.
But for local documents I use LibreOffice Writer, the odt file format and the Libreterian Serif font.
Jacob Scharmberg@thelinuxEXP does LaTeX count?
WebZwoNull@thelinuxEXP OnlyOffice & Typora :-)