Ask HN: OpenOffice or LibreOffice?

by gsivil on 1/25/2011, 7:42 PM with 6 comments

Which platform is more viable? Have you used any of these programs extensively? Is LibreOffice any better than OpenOffice in terms of equations handling? My experience with OpenOffice with respect to equations was at best terrible. I wish there was an open platform to replace Word but it seems that we are still far from that( with the respect to the developers of OO and LO).

Please do not suggest LaTeX as alternative for practical purposes(file sharing with colleagues that do not use it)

  • by brudgers on 1/25/2011, 7:50 PM

    If you need the features of Office, a couple of hundred dollars is probably money well spent. Particularly when your colleagues rely on your formatting.

  • by Gentleman_Ryan on 1/25/2011, 11:16 PM

    As of now, LibreOffice is equal to, if not better, then OpenOffice as it was only forked off of it about 4 months ago. If you're already using OO.o then switching to LibreOffice will be a snap and you won't have to worry about Oracle.

  • by Mithrandir on 1/25/2011, 7:46 PM

    LibreOffice feels somewhat more fast than OpenOffice. Of course, I never had much of a problem with OO (except for speed.)