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| From | Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc |
| Subject | Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro |
| Date | 2025-12-16 12:16 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <10hriid$2n4rb$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <10hd0v5$1qp6n$1@dont-email.me> <693b2b9f@news.ausics.net> <10hqc7a$2aod0$2@dont-email.me> |
On 2025-12-16, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On 12 Dec 2025 06:37:51 +1000, Computer Nerd Kev wrote: > >> Others prefer software that does try to clone commercial offerings, >> like LibreOffice, though. > > Not sure what “commercial offerings” it is trying to clone, given that > Microsoft is going all-in on AI and the cloud, and LibreOffice is not. Interface-wise I don't know how it is nowadays, but at least StarOffice and OpenOffice.org, last I touched them, could be perhaps better described as another "office/productivity suite", not really as an attempt to clone MS Office. And that was good, the interface would have its own workflows and in some areas the UI seemed to make more sense than Microsoft Office. If these days it still uses the menu bar and button bars approach, it'll probably much more usable than Microsoft Office to me, at least. (To be completely clear: my main criticism of the ribbon isn't that it exists (it's even good that someone came up with another interface that some user segment will find more usable), but rather that they chose to make it the only interface. And then it was also copied by other tools outside Microsoft, including at least some MATrix LABoratory. Another example that has at least included the ribbon - no idea if it allows choosing a menu and button bars interface instead - is Rockwell Automation Arena (from [1] to [2]). From my recollection, this tool also used CDF as a file format at least in the past.) [1] https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51331986270_42a3f9147e_c.jpg [2] https://www.rockwellautomation.com/content/dam/rockwell-automation/sites/videos/offering/information-solutions/arena-professional-edition/arena-professional-edition.jpg -- Nuno Silva
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Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-12 06:37 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> - 2025-12-12 05:04 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro bonkmaykr <bonkyboo@canithesis.org> - 2025-12-13 09:11 -0600
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Beej Jorgensen <beej@beej.us> - 2025-12-13 15:53 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-16 01:21 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-16 12:16 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-17 07:37 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-16 21:53 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-18 06:54 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-17 22:13 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 23:43 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-18 01:26 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 10:07 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-19 08:28 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-19 08:24 +1000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-12-19 01:08 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 13:20 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 13:57 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 14:34 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-17 20:23 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-17 23:41 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-12-18 01:20 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 10:02 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro CtrlAltDel <Altie@BHam.com> - 2025-12-20 07:17 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 10:01 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2025-12-18 09:59 +0000
Re: Please do not donate to any Linux distro not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2025-12-18 06:43 +1000
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