Looking for an alternative to Microsoft Office for the Linux.

I’ve already tried:

  • LibreOffice (It doesn’t have the same experience as Microsoft’s apps.)
  • OnlyOffice Desktop Editors (I like it)

What else would you recommend?

  • auf@lemmy.ml
    4·
    11 months ago

    Get used to LibreOffice. It’s the most actively maintained, well-made opensource office software.

    • m-p{3}@lemmy.ca
      2·
      11 months ago

      An underrated feature of LibreOffice is the ability to insert the original document inside a PDF when exporting. If you reopen that PDF in LibreOffice, it will grab the embedded copy for editing instead of trying to guess how to convert the PDF into its original.

      Hybrid PDF

      • leftzero@lemmy.ml
        04·
        11 months ago

        That’s monstrous. When I send a PDF I don’t want it to be editable, if I wanted an editable format I’d use an editable format. Exporting to PDF is supposed to be a digital equivalent to printing.

        • MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dkEnglish
          3·
          11 months ago

          Exporting to PDF is supposed to be a digital equivalent to printing.

          It really isn’t. Even without this feature (that I’d never heard of before) it is a format that is very easy to edit.

          If you need PDFs to be tamperproof, you can however digitally sign them. (And then the recipient needs your public key to verify).

  • EunieIsTheBus@feddit.de
    2·
    11 months ago

    honestly, I’ve only clicked on this post because of your username

    “Foss Microsoft Office for Linux actually it isn’t in Opensource”

    • TheSun@slrpnk.net
      2·
      11 months ago

      I found onlyoffice to have the best compatibility with documents imported from/exported to MS Office. For most people, their coworkers/teachers/professors or whatever will be using MS office, and if the formatting is borked everytime you move the file between libreoffice and ms office users, it gets old fast. That was my experience with libre office and why I ended up on onlyoffice. Of all the suites i’ve tried it has the best compatibility between itself and ms office for formatting.

  • Matty_r@programming.dev
    1·
    11 months ago

    I think you’ll be pretty disappointed with anything else that’s available. Of those two I’d say stick with OnlyOffice.

  • tun@lemm.ee
    01·
    11 months ago

    There is WPS office (from Kingsoft based in China).

  • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
    04·
    11 months ago

    Between the two I recommend OnlyOffice because it has better export compatibility, a PDF editor, seamless interchange between their desktop, mobile, and web versions, and a nicer UI. You’d only need LibreOffice if you’re doing very advanced document formatting or very niche scientific or financial formulas. LibreOffice has been around for a lot longer than OnlyOffice so its got more edge use cases figured out. Onlyoffice is more modern and IMO feels like a smoother experience with the UI.

  • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
    06·
    11 months ago

    I recommend installing Windows 8.1 in VirtualBox, and putting MS Office 2013/16 in it. You can get both these MS products at massgrave.dev with safe activation methods. If you can get by with MS Office 2007, use in Windows XP in VirtualBox like I do.

    I figured out years ago that fighting with these FOSS alternatives is not a wise battle to pick. MS Office is one of those few necessary evils you need to work with others.

      • TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml
        04·
        11 months ago

        It is the latest version of Windows that is not crippled on a HDD. Windows 10 seems to be artificially intentionally crippled for I/O if it detects a HDD, which is why it is only tolerable on SSDs. Windows 8.1 was also the fastest ever Windows to run on a HDD, faster than 7 or XP. It also conveniently happens to allow to run newer Office versions.