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[–] [email protected] 107 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Sometimes slightly worse. Like LibreOffice.

Sometimes actually better, like VLC.

Sometimes about the same, like the latest version of MuseScore (older versions were, in fact, quite a bit worse).

But sometimes, like with older versions of GIMP (I'll admit, I've not tried its latest major version release candidate) it's significantly worse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Krita isn't that much worse than Photoshop/CSP for digital illustration. That said, going back to CSP after a year was such a relief I didn't know I needed. So many little stumbling blocks removed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

To quote a non-computer savvy friend from a few years ago. When he was talking to someone else, I just over heard the conversation.

Na, I use VLC player. It always works, it will play a slice of cucumber.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

PSA: Inkscape is good now!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

365 is far worse IMO. New web only apps (replacing all the desktop apps) are a big step backwards. LibreOffice does everything needed natively and a lot more.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It's the return of the network computer of the 9xs. But worse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For LibreOffice, I'd go with, worse and better at the same time.

  • I have just noticed, overtime, that it has some problems in some cases, where MS Office does better, while there are certain cases where it does better.

There are 2 major pain points though:

  1. Calc UI stutters when using the scrollbar with mouse click and drag.
  2. Adding images to files makes the whole thing way slower than acceptable.

I haven't used it for a few months though, so something might have changed. But the second issue specifically is a long time one.

On the other hand, the formula usages are much better in Calc. Also, the documents don't get wonky between versions as much as MS Office

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Libreoffice is slightly worse because all the proprietary office suites keep lowering the bar for everyone to follow them. It's not a quality issue, it's a never ending contest to figure out how to complicate writing a simple letter so that everyone has to buy only your software.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I actually find MS Word really clunky, laggy, buggy, and generally intuitive. LO I only find to be clunky

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If you like professional photography, you can try darktables. It's a replacement for Lightroom and it's great in my opinion.

Gimp is still useful for quick and simple edits. It's a bit weird to use though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

IMO Krita is better than GIMP for the quick simple edits.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Gimp is still useful for quick and simple edits

See, the problem with that is that that's precisely not how I use Photoshop. I don't use it often (certainly not often enough to actually pay for it), but when I do, I tend to go fairly deep.

I should try out Darktable though. I used to use Aperture until it was discontinued, and these days I frequently use Lightroom, though I don't really love it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I genuinely doesn't know there's paid media player out there, VLC came preinstall on all my prebuild PC purchase since forever.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

There definitely exist paid players out there (or at least used to...dunno if they still exist), but there are also "free" (as in beer) non-free (as in speech) options, like the ones included out of the box in a Windows or macOS installation.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

LibreOffice is more than slightly worse, but FOSS projects cover the gamut. The thing about them is that the best ones are usually laser focused on exactly what the user needs, rather than what makes the most money.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Calc was actually quite comparable for 90% of Excel features I have ever actually used.

Writer is petty good on its own, but the fact that .docx documents don't quite matchup vs. When making and opening with Word makes it difficult for me to use officially.

Impress is just plain disappointing compared to PowerPoint.

Base might be okay, better than nothing I guess.

The rest of the suite I don't know.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Dont edit in shitty formats, edit native, publish to pdf. Skip the pointless MS Office step. If someone else wants to collaborate, great they can download LibreOffice or alternatives for free. If they expect the docx format ask them to pay for your 12 month subscription or stfu.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

They can also open open document files in word just fine

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I wonder how many paid apps were utterly decimated after they released VLC