I swear “I absolutely must use this thing that is so ‘Windows-only’ that even Crossover/Proton/WINE can’t help” is pretty much down to a few niche software packages.

[calcifer@masto.hackers.town]

I swear “I absolutely must use this thing that is so ‘Windows-only’ that even Crossover/Proton/WINE can’t help” is pretty much down to a few niche software packages.

And MS Office.

[calcifer@masto.hackers.town]

An Office suite is a huge undertaking, and as the de facto standard, anyone trying has to have excellent support for MS formats.

But also, it’s staggering that there really is no good cross-platform competition. LibreOffice has a place in my heart, but I’m also realistic that it has many shortcomings that make it hard to recommend as a replacement in many cases. And AFAIK it’s the best option available.

Just because I know how to work around them doesn’t mean my neighbor even cares to bother…

[oblomov@sociale.network]

@calcifer TBF it's not like MSO doesn't have its quirks, and this hasn't prevented it from being imposed as default everywhere. The more people adopt LO, the more its quirks will become «default» and the more people will adapt to them and find the MSO ones annoyingly disruptive.

(This to say: there's something to be said about pushing for standardization even on imperfect things, simply because what most people consider acceptable vs quirky is as much a matter of habit as it is objectively.)