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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Apparently my love language is installing on the laptops of people I really care about. (social.edu.nl)

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Apparently my love language is installing @linux on the laptops of people I really care about.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What about onlyoffice? The UI is a lot more modern which is probably the issue right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The issue I’ve run into is primarily compatibility with existing documents and being able to share it with other in industry. Like it or not, for business in the US, the office suite is pretty much the only document & spreadsheet application you can expect everyone to have.

It’s not fair to ask people who aren’t interested in learning linux to deal with the incompatibilities between Libre/Open office and O365 because “I don’t like Microsoft”. If they’re pushing to move away from MS and understand this, I’d still probably recommend LibreOffice over OpenOffice because moving someone from a well maintained industry standard Microsoft product to a less supported and less compatible Oracle app seems irresponsible.

Edit: The whole second paragraph is about OpenOffice and not OnlyOffice. Please disregard

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

OnlyOffice not OpenOffice

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Thank you! It appears I cannot read