Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: CONVERTING A MICROSOFT TEMPLATE TO BE USED WITH LIBRE OFFICE

Hi.
A work colleague just tried Zorin (http://zorin-os.com/) as a 
replacement on a laptop. Look and feel sooo similar to Win and uses 
Ubuntu repositories. The download will run as a live disc to check out 
all your hardware will work.
Worked well, a little fiddle with the wifi, but in all a good replacement.
Steve

On 2014-04-23 23:57, Virgil Arrington wrote:
> It's no secret that LO users tend to dislike M$. While I love LO, I've 
> tended to give M$ perhaps more benefit of the doubt than they deserve. 
> I still use Windows 7 on my laptop, although after many fits and 
> starts, I have finally succeeded in getting a true dual boot Ubuntu 
> setup. I'm using Ubuntu as much as I can to see just how much (or 
> little) I still need Windows.
>
> But, last evening, M$ threw me a curveball that I found utterly 
> unacceptable. In addition to my laptop, I have a slightly older 
> desktop that runs Windows XP. In the last few says, the XP machine has 
> been acting *very* strangely. I've run RKill and virus scans, which 
> have come up empty. Then, I noticed a GREAT BIG RED "X" on my Security 
> Essentials icon. I clicked on it to read M$'s message: The OS is no 
> longer supported (which I knew) and, therefore, Microsoft Security 
> Essentials will no longer work properly (which I did not know). Ergo, 
> my computer is now considered "at risk." M$ was kind enough to provide 
> a link to "End of Support Guidance."
>
> To play along, I clicked the link and was taken to a M$ website. The 
> website suggested that I upgrade to Windows 8.1 at a cost of between 
> $120 and $200 (personal vs. pro). But, it warned me that if my PC were 
> too old, then 8.1 wouldn't work. So, my other option? M$ suggests I 
> buy a new PC. The gall; buy a new PC because M$ chooses to no longer 
> support the OS? No thanks. They were also kind enough to provide a 
> link where I could check to see if my PC would run 8.1. Since I have 
> no intention of purchasing 8.1, I declined their offer to have my PC 
> checked.
>
> Of course, I have another option. Now that I'm growing more and more 
> comfortable with Ubuntu, I'll just install it on my desktop. While I 
> still have Windows 7 on my dual boot, I may go whole hog with the 
> desktop and completely blow off Windows... since M$ doesn't consider 
> it worth their time to support it anyway.
>
> Now, I realize that the day will come when my Ubuntu 12.04LTS will no 
> longer be supported. But, there are a couple differences. First, 
> Ubuntu clearly states on its website when 12.04 support will expire, 
> so I know going in what I'm getting into. M$ gave me no such warning 
> when I purchased my XP machine years ago. Second, when 12.04LTS 
> support goes by the wayside, Ubuntu will have another *free* 
> alternative available; and even if they don't, there's always Debian, 
> Mint, Mint Debian, OpenSuse, Puppy, Slackware, Fedora, Puppy, Slax, 
> and on and on.
>
> Sorry M$ (and Urmas). While I have tried to avoid the M$ rage I've 
> read on this and other lists, your latest consumer disrespect has 
> thrown me over to the dark side.
>
> Give me penguins.
>
> Virgil
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> On 04/22/2014 02:43 PM, Tom Davies wrote:
> > Hi :)
> > Not quite.  It may have changed the name of the formats it uses twice 
> > but
> > OOXML (the .docX etc) has at least 4 different versions including 3
> > different "transitional" versions and all are apparently quite different
> > from the version they managed to get accredited as an ISO format.
> >
> > The older format (.doc etc) also seem to vary considerably between each
> > different version of MS Office.
> >
> > MS Office 2010 or 2013 often has problems opening documents created 
> > in MS
> > Office 2007.
> > Regards from
> > Tom :)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 22 April 2014 19:06, Urmas <davian818@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > "anne-ology"       MSFT has been/is making their system(s) incompatible
> > > with others in
> > >
> > > order to reap a higher profit-margin  ;-(
> > >
> > > For the last 23 years Microsoft Office has changed its format TWICE.
> > > Meanwhile, Libreoffice cannot open its own documents from 2001.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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