On 1/8/14, Lutz Andersohn <[email protected]> wrote: > My 2 cts: > I understand lightness, which is why I like Xubuntu. Having said that, in > order to get more users on Xubuntu (or all Ubuntu flavors for that matter) I > think we need to take into account that a lot of computer work involves > interoperability with other people/computers. For example my kid's school > sends announcements often in DOCX file format. > So, I think interoperability is really important and as such I think we need > to embrace it. Abiword has no way of reading DOC or DOCX (neither has > gnumeric for XLS or XLSX) so it is unsuitable in many cases. I really do not > understand how one can use Xubuntu in a normal daily life interacting with > people who don't have a strong philosophy about open software or open file > formats without LibreOffice. > > Lutz Andersohn
I do think interoperability is important - however. Abiword has had development problems on deb based linux and LO-writer still has although the Calc and Draw I have used without fault. Perhaps another year and problems will be sorted. I like using Abiword for most documents simply because it is lighter and simpler than LO-writer and can do 90% of word processing requirements. Abiword does read .doc files (office97 but the later .doc it may struggle with). For the last year I have used gedit to draft documents and then formatted them in google Docs. Google Docs is lighter than Zoho - which you will find does all that LO-writer does including .docx. I haven't yet found glitches/bugs etc in google or Zoho. I have now made the "confession" - I am a cloud user! I don't like the concept but I think that is the way things are going. At present Abiword and LO might as well be left off the release - Abiword and gnumeric are the first things I remove. There in the repo for installation but perhaps other apps could be considered in their place whilst promoting 'cloud'. Zoho I think can be linked to the ubuntu cloud and that is the future direction for development as i see it. james -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
