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CharLES ☭ H

· Föderation EN Mi 29.05.2024 01:46:49

Many flagship Foss programs are cross-platform!

You can run Libre Office right now on your you computer! It does everything you want in an office suite _and_ it has a stable file format so your text files will look the same even if you open it on a different computer. (I know file formats are boring, but it really is very nice to have one that works properly.

I wrote my PhD in a Mac version of libre office and it was probably the lowest stress part of writing that paper.

They're on fedi. @libreoffice

Dawn Tåke 🌙 :sparkletrans:

Föderation EN Mi 29.05.2024 10:46:22

@celesteh

@libreoffice

Most of my undergrad stuff is unviewable as I wrote it in pages and nothing else will open it. :ablobcatwobwork:

LibreOffice

Föderation EN Mi 29.05.2024 11:17:51

@Tourma @celesteh LibreOffice has some support for opening Pages files, thanks to the Document Liberation Project! Have you tried it?

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CharLES ☭ H

Föderation EN Mi 29.05.2024 14:53:46

@libreoffice @Tourma

This worked for me yesterday and saved my bacon.

Dawn Tåke 🌙 :sparkletrans:

Föderation EN Do 30.05.2024 00:23:55

@libreoffice

I have not! Now I'll have to dig up some of those files. They got buried in a backup when I realized I couldn't open them.

Got any help for getting stuff off my floppy discs? XP

LibreOffice

Föderation EN Do 30.05.2024 09:23:43

@Tourma USB floppy drive? 😉

Dawn Tåke 🌙 :sparkletrans:

Föderation EN Do 30.05.2024 22:15:39

@libreoffice
A library I worked at had one, but it was so old the company hadn't existed in like, a decade and the most recent legit drivers were for XP or something.

Thanks again though. :apartyblobcat: