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Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostYou are not making much sense. Why are you assuming everyone would need to "unleash the true potential of GNU/Linux" at all, and why would people turn back to Win/Mac if they are fine with what can be done with a basic-user-oriented distro.
Many people just need the PC to browse the internet, run music/videos, and write documents or use spreadsheets.
Notwithstanding that Manjaro is one of the best distros for people that want to customize their system thoroughly if they feel like so it's a very good distro for people that are "unleashing the true potential of GNU/Linux".
I'm proud of you. <3
Originally posted by Danielsan View Post
I am not talking about being an IT, I am talking about unleashing the true potential of GNU/Linux which is a combination of expertise with specific GNU (GUI) applications and the command lines. People switch to other distros when reach this point otherwise come back to Win or macOS which are better suited for new users.
One day, maybe I'll advance to Gentoo so that I can manually compile all of my programs
And ditch graphical WMs so I can save up to 3 GB of my 32 GBs of RAM
Or maybe abandon Linux for BSD, since that's where the hardestcore deranged boomers go. Why haven't you gotten that far yet? Don't tell me this is your final form, senpai.
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Originally posted by Britoid View Post
How does bundling software that makes you pay to save as a .doc or .ppt improve compatibility ?
IF you're stuck working with the older .doc then you'll be using LibreOffice anyway.
Here's a comparison page: https://www.softmaker.com/en/compari...ftmaker-office
Originally posted by starshipeleven View PostThis isn't about adding support, but bundling it on a default install.
How many distros install Steam by default?
The two things that really keep people from adopting Linux is Microsoft Office and games. Steam is helping with the fight against Microsoft's PC gaming domination, but when someone does the same with Office products people get upset. It's so dumb.
Originally posted by Xaero_Vincent View PostMy problem with this FreeOffice bundle is that it has tons of missing features compared to LibreOffice and the paid Softmaker Office.
It's apparently crippled and if I'm reading right, it wont let you save in older Office formats and doesn't even have spell check.
I'll give you some facts. The windows binary for FreeDesktop is 114MB and LibreOffice is 282MB. The DEB binaries are 123MB and 168MB respectively. Is that a sign of a more efficient piece of software? Is it a sign of a lack of features? Until someone can point out some lack of features then I'll assume it's just more efficient.
I'll give you an example of a problem I had with Libreoffice:
LO = LibreOffice
FO = FreeOffice
MO = Microsoft Office
To be clear I'm not trying to support FreeOffice or say it's the best. I'm saying that you guys are making a mountain out of a molehill and unless you give specific instances of "x is better than y" then no one will change their minds.
Originally posted by elatllat View PostSo what's the new best easy to use Arch based distribution?
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Originally posted by Vistaus View Post
Good for you, but I need a desktop client because:
-Google Docs sucks. A LOT.
-MS Word Online is pretty good interface-wise, but it can't even open half of my docx documents (which is strange, given the fact that it's their own format!) and when it does open a document, it messes up the layout every now and then and every document with more than 5 pages is excruciatingly slow to navigate and type in, and sometimes tables are a PITA to work with.
Assuming that an office suite is critical to a desktop is just backwards. These days you rarely do things outside of your browser. As much as I don't want to say it, ChromeOS is getting it right.
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Originally posted by elatllat View PostSo what's the new best easy to use Arch based distribution?
Originally posted by Britoid View Post
Install Arch.
Originally posted by Slithery View Post
Arch.
Maybe Archman...Last edited by elatllat; 30 July 2019, 01:53 PM.
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