LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs

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[–]HiddenFox 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Been using it for over 5 years now. Zero issues.

In fact a recent update greatly improved performance of a large, multi page, macro spreed sheet used at work. Load time of this sheet went from 40-50 seconds down to under 10. Even faster the Excel which is in the 15-20 second range. (Last checked about 2 years ago. Don't know if they have made improvements since then.)

[–]WoodyWoodPecker 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I have used LibreOffice since they offered it in GNU/Linux. Microsoft charges too much for MS-Office and they have a monopoly on office software. So don't feed the beast get LibreOffice https://www.libreoffice.org/

[–]Drewski[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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[–]Myocarditis-Man 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Office software is one of those things that could probably be provided for free, while the company operating the service still makes money hand over fist. How? By using all your data to train their AI, and targeting you with ads, of course.