On 15/05/2017 11:35, Tom Worthington wrote: > Over the last five years I have been a student at three higher education > institutions. The enrollment instructions for each said I had to have > Microsoft Windows (or Apple OS) and the Microsoft Office suite. I ignored > this and used Linux with Libre Office. I managed to get through everything up > to my last presentation, without my instructors noticing.
I can whole-heartedly support that. LibreOffice has very good compatibility with various versions of MS Office right up to the 2007-2013 XML (.docx) format. Recently I've had cause to install Debian "Jessie", which seems to be excellent and includes a proper firewall (NFtables). Debian offers a number of GUI implementations, including the widely used KDE which can be configured to have the traditional Windows look & feel. When O/S distributions of this quality are available for nothing more than a donation (optional) it's difficult to see why any organisation would prefer Windows. Maybe a big corporation gives a sense of parental comfort? David L. _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
