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minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoWhat I want from an OS: Free, or a one time fee Tells the date and time Has a folder system that is indexed and easily searched. Supports Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and Steam. That’s it. Genuinely cannot think of any reason I would ever want my computer OS to do anything more than that.
minus-squareArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoHow 'bout “not spy on you?” That’s a big one for me personally.
minus-squareWaraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoI would like a web browser and don’t want to lose my password manager
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoWhy Microsoft office? Who not just “office”? Libre Office is the same
minus-squareefstajas@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIt’s not the same and I wish people would stop pretending that it is. Does it do what most people need it to do though? Yeah, probably.
minus-square𝗧𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 *𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑢𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoIdk, I’ve been using LibreOffice for the better part of a decade personally and I use M$ office all the time at work. I haven’t had any problems.
minus-squarekandoh@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThe key is being able to share those files with windows users who are definitely on Microsoft office
minus-squaremonsterpiece42@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoLibre Office can save and open .docx/.xlsx etc
minus-squareI Cast Fist@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoThe problem is that M$ likes to ensure that their stuff saved as docx won’t render properly when opened on libreoffice. Fonts, headers, position of tables, many things can look out of place because fuck you for not using MSOffice
minus-squarelud@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoSo Windows with something like the tool “everything”
What I want from an OS:
Free, or a one time fee
Tells the date and time
Has a folder system that is indexed and easily searched.
Supports Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, and Steam.
That’s it. Genuinely cannot think of any reason I would ever want my computer OS to do anything more than that.
How 'bout “not spy on you?” That’s a big one for me personally.
I would like a web browser and don’t want to lose my password manager
Why Microsoft office? Who not just “office”? Libre Office is the same
It’s not the same and I wish people would stop pretending that it is. Does it do what most people need it to do though? Yeah, probably.
Idk, I’ve been using LibreOffice for the better part of a decade personally and I use M$ office all the time at work. I haven’t had any problems.
The key is being able to share those files with windows users who are definitely on Microsoft office
Libre Office can save and open .docx/.xlsx etc
The problem is that M$ likes to ensure that their stuff saved as docx won’t render properly when opened on libreoffice. Fonts, headers, position of tables, many things can look out of place because fuck you for not using MSOffice
No, it is better
So Windows with something like the tool “everything”