Re: 5 Stand-Out LibreOffice Features That Make It My Go-To Office Suite

On 2024-10-18, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Le 2024-10-18 à 03 h 13, RonB a écrit :

On 2024-10-17, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

Le 2024-10-17 à 03 h 16, rbowman a écrit :

On Thu, 17 Oct 2024 06:24:11 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
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I think, sometimes, when you're selling a product (rather than releasing
it as open source) there's pressure to change SOMETHING because it has
to be different in order to separate it from the earlier version. The
interface should stay the same — what they should do is just keep fixing
the software and only add features people really want. That's the way to
NOT get bloatware.

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FOSS isn't immune to the 'we've got to change something' trap. Unity comes
to mind.

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I never thought that Unity was all that bad. If anything, its mere
existence forced the developers of other desktop environments to improve
their work, at least as far as aesthetics are concerned. I believe that
the more competition there is, the better each product becomes.

 
The whole concept of Unity was to be a "one size fits all" solution for
desktops/laptops, tablets and smartphones. I never bought into that as you
use these platforms differently. Microsoft tried the same thing with Windows
8, and it was also a failure.
 
I went away from Gnome when Gnome 3 came out. I think that's when Linux Mint
really started to climb in popularity. Mate was a reaction to Gnome 3, and
Mint's own Cinnamon came along a bit later. Both are related to Gnome, but
radically different and much more "traditional."
 
But choice is good. A lot of people like Gnome and that's fine. Just not
something I like at all.

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The absolute disgust with Gnome 3 was what drove me to drive it out. I
had to see if it was as bad as people claimed that it was. Honestly, in
its initial state, you could tell that they had some clever ideas but
that they hadn't all been properly implemented yet. However, by the time
Gnome 3.28 (I believe) came out, things were pretty good. I wouldn't use
it myself today, but it's only because they have subscribed to Marxism
and seem intent on destroying themselves.

I don't like the fact that, by default, there's no panel or minimize button
— and I hate tiling or snapping windows. I guess I'm set in my ways, but I'm
used to a familiar desktop UI and I don't want something foreign to it for
the sake of using something different.

I realize other people like Gnome and that's what's good about Linux. Lots of
choices for different tastes. Fortunately I don't have to use Gnome to use
Linux.

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