I have heard they’re the main two choices for FOSS enthusiasts. What are their pros and cons?
I have used LibreOffice so far and I’m very impressed with the ui as it is much more visually appealing than IWork and Microsoft Office.
the same way a healthily developing young person compares to their parent in the paliative care ward, whose religious relatives won’t agree to turn off the respirator because “look they still have a heartbeat”.
Dang the situation is sadder than I thought.
You might be mixing up OpenOffice and OnlyOffice
OpenOffice is dead
OnlyOffice & LibreOffice are the two FOSS programs that people recommend.
Personally I like OnlyOffice a bit better, but I keep them both installed and updated
OpenOffice is ancient and isn’t really being developed anymore. It’s in maintenance mode and hasn’t gotten a real update in over a decade from what I can tell. Libreoffice trumps it in every way.
That said, I prefer OnlyOffice these days. It’s a lot slower unfortunately (running on electron…) but it’s much closer to MS office and has better document compatibility.
Electron: 🤮
This.
Friends don’t let friends Electron.
Most users are stuck with crappy Electron apps because of the same forces that prevent users from switching to other platforms or services. […] They exist because software markets are anticompetitive.
LibreOffice is awesome. OnlyOffice is pretty good too, and it integrates well into Nextcloud.
