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   Jacob - Challenging Apathy (challengeapathy@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 16:23:58 JST Jacob - Challenging Apathy

   • LibreOffice

   Man, I'm absolutely in love with @libreoffice. Initially, I used OpenOffice because I needed a free alternative to #Microsoft Office but since then, I've become very conscious of my privacy and the myriad benefits of #FOSS.

   It wasn't until 2022 that I made the switch from OpenOffice to LibreOffice and at this point, I genuinely see ZERO reason to use #Office365. Why on earth would I pay a subscription for proprietary software when I can use an outstanding FOSS office suite that respects my rights and allows me to support them through donations, rather than predatory subscription plans?

   It's awesome to me that free/libre open source software is at that point, now, where the alternatives are equal to, if not better than their proprietary competitors. In general, the #libre movement in computing is making for a much more hopeful digital future as big tech and proprietary software developers get worse and worse. Long live free software!

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     Jarjan (jarjan@mederland.nl)'s status on Tuesday, 16-Jan-2024 23:19:09 JST Jarjan

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     • LibreOffice

     @ChallengeApathy
     I'm still using M$ Office 365 with OneDrive. But I'm looking for alternatives and plan to make the switch this year. However, I'm sharing my office 365 with a few family members, so I'll also have to convince them... Any tips on how to replace both office and OneDrive for couple of semi-digitally-literate family members?
     @libreoffice

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     My Actual Brain (my_actual_brain@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jan-2024 01:10:54 JST My Actual Brain

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     • LibreOffice

     @ChallengeApathy @libreoffice If you go down the rabbit hole of foss software you may find many foss alternatives are simply better than the commercial ones. I think it’s because they make improvements for the sake of improvements and will fix bugs instead of just working on ways to limit the software unless you pay.