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unspeakablehorror) wrote2023-05-14 11:49 pm
unspeakablehorror) wrote2023-05-14 11:49 pm
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Office Software Phone App and An Important PSA on Open Source Office Software
So, today, I found out something extremely interesting: there's a free and open source Android and iOS office app! It's from Collabora office and you can read more about it from here:
Collabora Office Android and iOS app
Also, on desktop computers I use LibreOffice, which works very well for me, but recently found out that OpenOffice, the software it was forked from, despite receiving regular updates from the Apache Foundation, has been an essentially dead project for nearly a decade. The Tumblr thread below explains what happened in more detail:
https://www.tumblr.com/penrosesun/716612136959426560/github-apacheopenoffice-apache-openoffice?source=share
Basically, if you've found that OpenOffice doesn't adequately serve your office software needs but haven't tried LibreOffice, you may want to give LibreOffice a try since it's way better now than it's predecessor is.
Collabora Office Android and iOS app
Also, on desktop computers I use LibreOffice, which works very well for me, but recently found out that OpenOffice, the software it was forked from, despite receiving regular updates from the Apache Foundation, has been an essentially dead project for nearly a decade. The Tumblr thread below explains what happened in more detail:
https://www.tumblr.com/penrosesun/716612136959426560/github-apacheopenoffice-apache-openoffice?source=share
Basically, if you've found that OpenOffice doesn't adequately serve your office software needs but haven't tried LibreOffice, you may want to give LibreOffice a try since it's way better now than it's predecessor is.