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LibreOffice Has Found its Rhythm

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> Nearly 9 out of 10 downloads of the new version of OpenOffice have been for Windows machines, rather than Linux, according to recently released statistics from Apache.

I'm fairly certain that Linux users install the majority of their software from package repositories rather than downloading and installing from websites.

Ubuntu and OpenSuSE have both obsoleted OpenOffice: http://en.opensuse.org/OpenOffice.org#Update_to_Latest_Versi...

I thought all the major distros had obsoleted OpenOffice. Or at least removed it from the default set of apps for the bundled versions.

I'm a Windows user and I use LibreOffice. The new version really is excellent. I've debated for a bit which version I should be on (Open vs. Libre) but as of this release I am very content to stay put.

Glad to see this, and kudos to the team. Ever since I heard that they were taking code cruft seriously (http://people.gnome.org/~michael/blog/2012-01-09-unused.html), I've had high hopes for LibreOffice.

On the Mac, LibreOffice has not found its rhythm yet (and the same goes for OpenOffice).

Just one example: Mac OS X 10.7's fullscreen mode is still far from being implemented:

https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39983

On the other hand, LibreOffice is good enough to replace NeoOffice that seems to be stuck in its Java foundation and the need to pay for up-to-date versions. And I like in particular Writer in many parts better than Word.

Kudos to all LibreOffice developers and supporters!

Implementing a full-screen mode that only exists in 10.7 certainly isn't a showstopper bug. Even the original reporter (a Mac user) called this a "low priority". Saying LibreOffice "has not found its rhythm" and using a tiny feature request like this as an example is a bit silly.

The numbers should not be very surprising considering how much bigger the Windows install base is compared to the Linux install base.

"LibreOffice Has Found its Rhythm" "... of new downloads for Apache OpenOffice"

Are there 2 names for this product?

I was debating whether to use Office 365 or another Microsoft variant for awhile now, but this update is really snappy. Debate is over.

Most disappointing thing out of this is that there is a third "fork" of OpenOffice.org that is license incompatible and Mac OS X specific: NeoOffice. I had always thought it was a separate suite.

NeoOffice has been inferior to OpenOffice and LibreOffice for quite some time unless something drastic has happened recently.

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