I have heard they’re the main two choices for FOSS enthusiasts. What are their pros and cons?

I have used LibreOffice so far and I’m very impressed with the ui as it is much more visually appealing than IWork and Microsoft Office.

  • noodlejetski@lemm.ee
    47·
    20 days ago

    the same way a healthily developing young person compares to their parent in the paliative care ward, whose religious relatives won’t agree to turn off the respirator because “look they still have a heartbeat”.

      • Otter@lemmy.caEnglish
        20·
        20 days ago

        You might be mixing up OpenOffice and OnlyOffice

        OpenOffice is dead

        OnlyOffice & LibreOffice are the two FOSS programs that people recommend.

        Personally I like OnlyOffice a bit better, but I keep them both installed and updated

  • popcar2@programming.dev
    44·
    20 days ago

    OpenOffice is ancient and isn’t really being developed anymore. It’s in maintenance mode and hasn’t gotten a real update in over a decade from what I can tell. Libreoffice trumps it in every way.

    That said, I prefer OnlyOffice these days. It’s a lot slower unfortunately (running on electron…) but it’s much closer to MS office and has better document compatibility.