Office, the fucking office suit everyone and thier grandma uses that does not work with alternative that run nativity on Linux… ugh…i mean office works bearly between two windows machines…so its not like the open source community did not give it a try, but the random proprietary standard in .doc/docx etc …just locks us in…
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CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I agree with all your points. The quesion is why is Windows still dominating in market share?
soEZ@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
I use LibreOffice and Office, and I much prefer Office. LibreOffice uses docx files just like Word does.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
The answer is user awareness, brand loyalty and fear of the unknown. Windows is the devil you know, most of the people I game with are scared of the instability of Linux, despite it being roughly equal if not better.
I think standardizing the user experience, making things less scary and generally more welcoming are major hurdles, but the good news is that should come with time and a larger userbase.
CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Windows just works. I installed Linux on my older laptop and it couldn’t see any of my network shares. “Where do I click the button for sharing?” God, that would be too easy. Nope, start editing config files to configure samba. I just want to access files.
Baggie@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Samba is indeed an annoyance, at least in the initial setup. In good faith though, does windows just work? Because there’s a habit for windows updates to break file sharing pretty regularly, not to mention permissions issues.
There’s a lot of work people put into windows that they just don’t realise because they’ve been in the ecosystem for that long. Having been on both sides for a bit now, Linux requires a hell of a lot less regular maintenance than windows needed. Sure I’m a power user, but I think that Linux is getting better and better all the time for general users.
CanIFishHere@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
When the user base is as large as Windows, plus people run it on whatever crap they have, there are bound to be some issues. I am running Win11 on unsupported hardware without issues. I can’t remember the last time I needed to edit the registry. Yes, Windows just works.