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KDE is working on an M$ Word alternative? (flathub.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just found this while scrolling flathub.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Since you are able to classify it as "redundant", I would assume you have experience using it? Could you comment on some of the main gaps you find between this and LibreOffice, that leads you to prefer LibreOffice? As stated in a comment below, I have no experience with this and would be interested to see if it could be a contender, and it seems you have an opinion that it (at least at present), does not.

If you mean "redundant" as in "LibreOffice already does everything you need", I disagree with that.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago

I gave it an extended look a few years ago, and I don't remember much of the details, but I found the workflow not terribly intuitive, it had some unusual defaults and was relatively limited in features.

If I remember correctly, it did save in the ODF formats, so for just writing out a letter, it's definitely fine.
There's just not really a reason to use it over LibreOffice, except for it being somewhat more lightweight.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago

I mean "redundant" as in "Calligra does not offer me anything special compared to LibreOffice"; and so I prefer to keep using LibreOffice as it is essentially the source of all things OpenDocument.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for good input! I'll give it a spin later, but I will contain my expectations for now. Seems like Krita was spun out of this some time ago, and my impression is that Krita is generally very well liked. Maybe the remaining parts will recieve similar development focus later and they will become true contenders down the line. I like competition, and as said before, I don't think LibreOffice is quite there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It doesn't handle .docx files.
And it has a useless sidebar you can't remove.
And it doesn't have the libreoffice ecosystem, with lots of extensions and plugins.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

@superkret @cyberwolfie world would be a better place if many many more office suites, especially MS Office, wouldn't support OOXML... The only reason for its existance is MS monopoly and lies.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, unfortunately we live in the world we live in.