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1. fbn79 · 1790334206 · focus · HN ↗

   The highest problem is the office suite. If you think Libreoffice/Collabora can replace Microsoft 365 without friction the project could be a success. Honestly I do not think so as of today.

   1. tombert · 1790341198 · focus · HN ↗

      Yeah, especially Excel.

      LibreOffice Sheets doesn’t compete with Excel 2024, it competes more with Excel 2003. Granted, this is fine for a lot of (most?) people but it’s still not a “replacement” in my mind.

      I ended up just building a Nix Flake to properly run Excel. At least then the operating system itself isn’t MS.

      1. cirelli94 · 1790346278 · focus · HN ↗

         We really need investments from large public institutions in LibreOffice Sheets.

         1. tombert · 1790348804 · focus · HN ↗

            Agreed.

            Valve is making desktop computers now; maybe the next thing they could improve is LibreOffice to try and appeal to businesses.

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