β² 404 βΌ One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, one OS to bring them all and in the light bind them. (discuss.tchncs.de) submitted 2 years ago by ReverseModule@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments The avalanche has just began.
[β] tdawg@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (1 child) Everyone here thinking itβs the beginning of the great migration :tm: Sorry guys, people are just going to use cracked versions of windows to play games permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] tuxrandom@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I suspect most people that only use their Windows computer for general stuff like web browsing, e-mail, multi media, office etc., which is probably the majority by far, will actually fall for the subscription scam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Fubar91@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yea sadly most people already do via an M365 subscription, if MS decides to tack an OS in with that, doubt many would care enough to make a swap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I subscribe to M365 because my kidsβ schools all distribute their assignments as Word docs. And they apparently use the most obscure formatting features, so the only way to get them to render and print properly is to use full Office desktop. Not even the web apps show them properly, and LibreOffice / google docs import totally mangle them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] burchalka@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well here at least the school offered an MS Office license to students few years ago, but still, have to pay for the OS... permalink fedilink source parent [β] librechad@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Could you ask ChatGPT yet to reformat it for LibreOffice? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] tuxrandom@kbin.social 23 points 2 years ago* (1 child) I suspect most people that only use their Windows computer for general stuff like web browsing, e-mail, multi media, office etc., which is probably the majority by far, will actually fall for the subscription scam. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Fubar91@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yea sadly most people already do via an M365 subscription, if MS decides to tack an OS in with that, doubt many would care enough to make a swap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I subscribe to M365 because my kidsβ schools all distribute their assignments as Word docs. And they apparently use the most obscure formatting features, so the only way to get them to render and print properly is to use full Office desktop. Not even the web apps show them properly, and LibreOffice / google docs import totally mangle them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] burchalka@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well here at least the school offered an MS Office license to students few years ago, but still, have to pay for the OS... permalink fedilink source parent [β] librechad@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Could you ask ChatGPT yet to reformat it for LibreOffice? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Fubar91@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Yea sadly most people already do via an M365 subscription, if MS decides to tack an OS in with that, doubt many would care enough to make a swap. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I subscribe to M365 because my kidsβ schools all distribute their assignments as Word docs. And they apparently use the most obscure formatting features, so the only way to get them to render and print properly is to use full Office desktop. Not even the web apps show them properly, and LibreOffice / google docs import totally mangle them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] burchalka@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well here at least the school offered an MS Office license to students few years ago, but still, have to pay for the OS... permalink fedilink source parent [β] librechad@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Could you ask ChatGPT yet to reformat it for LibreOffice? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] MooseBoys@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) I subscribe to M365 because my kidsβ schools all distribute their assignments as Word docs. And they apparently use the most obscure formatting features, so the only way to get them to render and print properly is to use full Office desktop. Not even the web apps show them properly, and LibreOffice / google docs import totally mangle them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [β] burchalka@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well here at least the school offered an MS Office license to students few years ago, but still, have to pay for the OS... permalink fedilink source parent [β] librechad@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Could you ask ChatGPT yet to reformat it for LibreOffice? permalink fedilink source parent
[β] burchalka@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago Well here at least the school offered an MS Office license to students few years ago, but still, have to pay for the OS... permalink fedilink source parent
[β] librechad@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago Could you ask ChatGPT yet to reformat it for LibreOffice? permalink fedilink source parent
