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What do you hate about linux? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 5 days ago by bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.world
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We love to praise linux constantly and tell everyone to change to it (they should) but what are your biggest annoyances ?

Mine would be, installing software (made even more complex by flatpaks being added, among the 5 other ways there already were to install software) and probably wifi power management issues.

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[–] RedstoneValley@sh.itjust.works 21 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I don't like LibreOffice as the only open source Office software that seems to compete with Microsoft. It feels bloated and outdated and for years and years I have display problems with it. The community answers to problems are often written by arrogant pricks.

However, at the pace Microsoft Office is deteriorating with all that copilot crap LibreOffice begins to look better every day. They don't even have to do anything for it.

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.org 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Have you tried OnlyOffice?

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Isn't it Russian?

[–] yaroto98@lemmy.org 2 points 5 days ago

It's in english for me (hah! jk) Dunno about it's origins. I just installed the flatpack.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago

OnlyOffice is another shit clone of Office 2007. Fight me.

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I am close to adopting LibreOffice but their excel equivalent lacks some table functions that I use almost any time I use Excel.

[–] ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried Proton? It works like a charm for videogames.

[–] canihasaccount@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I was able to get Office working without issue through Proton, but I couldn't get my reference manager to work with Office within Proton. Ultimately I ended up acquiescing to LibreOffice, and I've ended up liking it more than the bloated monstrosity that is M$ Office in the latest iterations.

I've also found SoftMaker Office to be great (faster than OnlyOffice and even better docx compatibility) but it doesn't respect Linux's cursor blinkrate when you build from source (it's supposed to respect the default, per the devs), and instead uses a really fast rate. I'm weird, but that issue is damning for me, and idk how/where to fix it. So, I stick with LibreOffice.