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The only thing keeping me with google is gdocs. But I'd rather not keep my private data with them. Libre office online does not appear in google search an an alternative and hn has mostly ignored it. Is it not ready for prime time?
Apparently google search is also what's tying you to google. I say that to say google will have measures to stifle competition (no matter what they say otherwise). Also, what's the issue with just running LibreOffice on your computer? They also have portable versions which you can just put on your thumb drive
The key advantage to Google Docs, an otherwise ordinary if not fairly lightweight word processer, is the ease of sharing (even if only with yourself on multiple devices) and collaborating with others.
I've never heard of LibreOffice online, but depending how well it does those things, it might or might not be viable.
As a word processor alone, Google Docs is nothing special and LibreOffice probably has more features.
Apparently google search is also what's tying you to google. I say that to say google will have measures to stifle competition (no matter what they say otherwise). Also, what's the issue with just running LibreOffice on your computer? They also have portable versions which you can just put on your thumb drive
> what's the issue with just running LibreOffice on your computer The key advantage to Google Docs, an otherwise ordinary if not fairly lightweight word processer, is the ease of sharing (even if only with yourself on multiple devices) and collaborating with others. I've never heard of LibreOffice online, but depending how well it does those things, it might or might not be viable. As a word processor alone, Google D…
Apparently google search is also what's tying you to google. I say that to say google will have measures to stifle competition (no matter what they say otherwise). Also, what's the issue with just running LibreOffice on your computer? They also have portable versions which you can just put on your thumb drive
> what's the issue with just running LibreOffice on your computer The key advantage to Google Docs, an otherwise ordinary if not fairly lightweight word processer, is the ease of sharing (even if only with yourself on multiple devices) and collaborating with others. I've never heard of LibreOffice online, but depending how well it does those things, it might or might not be viable. As a word processor alone, Google D…
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> what's the issue with just running LibreOffice on your computer The key advantage to Google Docs, an otherwise ordinary if not fairly lightweight word processer, is the ease of sharing (even if only with yourself on multiple devices) and collaborating with others. I've never heard of LibreOffice online, but depending how well it does those things, it might or might not be viable. As a word processor alone, Google D…
Ease of sharing is precisely why it's so powerful. I can send a link to a shared spreadsheet without the person having to login. Very little friction. Also, being able to co-edit in real time is very powerful. I think libreoffice offline is great, but for 80% of my use cases, gdocs is more convenient and useful. But I'm no longer comfortable with google having so much of my personal and business life.
Apparently google search is also what's tying you to google. I say that to say google will have measures to stifle competition (no matter what they say otherwise). Also, what's the issue with just running LibreOffice on your computer? They also have portable versions which you can just put on your thumb drive
We use it via the integration I wrote for Alfresco: https://github.com/cetra3/onlyoffice-alfresco
Surprised noone has mentioned OnlyOffice here: https://www.onlyoffice.com/ . We use it via the integration I wrote for Alfresco: https://github.com/cetra3/onlyoffice-alfresco