Which version of Microsoft Word runs best on Linux in 2020?

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30 points·dm319··7 comments

May not answer the question, but using LaTeX and producing PDFs from it works best for me. Also, it is free (as in libre) software.

Latex is also very old and a huge pain to debug when things go wrong.

I would love to see a complete office package based on some markdown language. It would be simple to understand and use.

Speaking of markdown, can someone please release an updated version of RST? The kernel folks use it for documentation so I'm surprised no one has yet tried to improve the spec and the tools.

Yes, that would be great. Something with the simplicity of markdown that saved .md files, but allowed you to edit tables in a typical gui fashion.

Something like LyX for Markdown? I'd be surprised if it didn't exist yet.

Just to clarify - the motivation for this was a partially read-only government document that had checkboxes and text input fields. There are occasions when you need maximum compatibility, but for other times I much prefer (xe)tex with my favourite editor (n)vim. Libreoffice Writer is also absolutely fine, and would be my preference for a word processor, especially with it's new ability to change the layout between classic and ribbon.

It seemed to only cover using Microsoft Word for Windows on Linux, rather than the official port of Microsoft Word to Linux, for the Android on Chromebook distribution. I've used the Microsoft Word locally on my Chromebook and it was okay.

Is that not just a native port of the new Office Online suite? They don't include the full feature set of the original MS Office, which might be a deal-breaker for many.

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