Trying to switch to Linux for all work-related matters. Question for those who came long before me: do you write all your work in LibreOffice Writer? Anyone have any experience with using its Zotero plug-in? And does saving a LibreOffice file in Word-format (docx/doc) for certain purposes (e.g. for feedback from colleagues) work well?

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@mattis

1) Have used SO => OO => LibreOffice for decades for teacher stuff (lesson plans, readings, worksheets, tests) and rarely had any issues in LO Writer wrt sharing or opening in MS Word. These days, probably zero.
Also co-authored a few papers.

2) Sorry, have not used Zotero.

3) Modern versions of MS Office support the ODT format, so you don't necessarily have to use / convert to DOCX for sharing with MSO users.

If you share often, you can set DOCX as the default for LO Writer docs.