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[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 68 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So Libre Office is free?

If it does what regular office suit does i would happily pay 300 dollars for it to have it as mine and not be fucked with

[–] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Is this your first exposure to FOSS? If so, you are in for a treat. There’s a whole world of free, open source software out there for you to enjoy.

Yeah, it’s 100% free.

[–] excral@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

Free and open source, but if you're willing to pay, you could donate to the project.

[–] redshift@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 day ago

Free forever, and works great.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 2 days ago (4 children)

the only problem with onlyoffice is that it's electron.

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] TrippaSnippa@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

No, they're negative.

[–] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 4 points 1 day ago

https://forum.onlyoffice.com/t/why-does-it-contain-a-web-browser/8250/3

Chromium embedded framework, not electron. Similar concept, though.

[–] dnzm@feddit.nl 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

~~Ehh, I'm fairly sure it's not. It certainly wasn't in the past. When do you believe that changed?~~

Never mind, you were talking about OO, not LO, my bad.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I need to try onlyoffice again. The last time I tried, was the original beta, and it was faulty (being a first release beta, and all)

[–] Sparky@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Oh onlyoffice works great! It's spreadsheet function is far less buggy than excel and it's smooth and snappy.

OnlyOffice spreadsheet has less functionality than Excel but unless you are a super power user then it's not a problem.

Sweet! I've been using MS at work (required) and Libre at home (because screw MS). I'll give Only another go!

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Onlyoffice is apparently Russian, headquartered in Latvia.

[–] humble_pete_digger@lemm.ee 16 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Latvia is not Russia, unless something recently changed

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

JFC it can be russian owned and russian controlled and russian employed and pay russian taxes while "headquartered" in Latvia.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Latvia is not Russia

Yet.

And if you look on a Russian map, I'm sure it's there already.

[–] Prandom_returns@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

What? Latvia is a part of NATO.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

what does it even mean to be russian then?

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You know, almost entirely staffed by Russians (outside of Latvia), the executive suite is Russian, shareholders are Russian, etc.

Like have you guys never heard of companies being "headquartered" in the Cayman Islands?

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, now why would that be a factor for choosing a software or not.

You didn't choose the country you were born in anymore than they did.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

yes, very much

if your only argument is the nationality of the people involved, it's a bad one.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

If you haven't noticed there's a war going on. This is the weirdest conversation I've had, at best you're playing the fool. I'm out.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

yes, and developers are civilians.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 0 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

And who do they pay taxes to? Russia. JFC why do I bother. Ciao.