2026-09-06 11:20 UTC
@Mordenacus@mastodon.social @edri@eupolicy.social I fully agree with your and @simondueckert@mastodon.social 's points. I am myself “terminal native” whenever I can, as long as I'm working alone that is. My point was just that, for a CLI-averse crowd, one shouldn't fully discard ooxml as an alternative to the Office monoculture. I engage with my friends and colleagues when I notice they're using proprietary solutions.
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@Mordenacus@mastodon.social 2026-09-06 12:16
@lstngr@tilde.zone @edri@eupolicy.social @simondueckert@mastodon.social Pragmatism is definitely important here - being preachy and annoying about this will make people want to change even less. Libreoffice is a good first step in that regard, since it's not /that/ different from ye olde Microsoft Office suite for most people. It was what I first used when I switched to linux at age 16 and still had to get schoolwork done. MS/google educational discounts make the MSO monoculture issue worse (but that's a rant for another day)