Is LibreOffice THAT bad? :(

Sat Sep 28 10:34:32 MST 2013

I just added the repository (sudo add-apt-repository
ppa:libreoffice/libreoffice-4-1) (4.1.1 is the most current ppa) and tried
to install it (sudo apt-get install libreoffice) and the response is that
libreoffice is already the newest version. (libreoffice 3.6.2.2)

:-)~MIKE~(-:

On Sat, Sep 28, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Dazed_75 <lthielster at gmail.com> wrote:

> There are many articles about how to get more up to date versions of
> almost any software than you distribution carries in its official
> repositories.  LibreOffice is no different.  One can download it directly
> from the LibreOffice site or you can add a PPA to your software sources.
> There are a few low risk drawbacks to doing so but they are minimal for a
> major piece of software.  Just look at the LibreOffice.org site to see what
> the latest version is or Google the question.
>
> But you could first check what the Software center is offering because you
> 3.6? version is definitely old.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:16 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to get synaptic or apt to install a more recent version?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
>>
>>> If you are seeing that, I would encourage you to upgrade.  That is some
>>> basic functionality that is not working for you.  I've never seen such a
>>> basic bug before.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>> On 09/27/2013 02:52 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>
>>>> 3.6.2.2
>>>> If I remember correctly it happens sporadically.
>>>>
>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 2:06 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com
>>>> <mailto:brian at snaptek.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>     What version are you using, because I definitely can't reproduce
>>>>     that. If I delete any of the cells, the answer is correct.
>>>>
>>>>     Brian
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On 09/27/2013 12:53 PM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>
>>>>         here is a good example... I found if I delete cells that
>>>>         functions are
>>>>         performed on (cell1+cell2=cell3) the total isn't recalculated
>>>> (cell3
>>>>         isn't right).
>>>>
>>>>         :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>         On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 11:34 AM, Paul Mooring <
>>>> paul at opscode.com
>>>>         <mailto:paul at opscode.com>
>>>>         <mailto:paul at opscode.com <mailto:paul at opscode.com>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>              I'm not really much of an office suite user, but my
>>>>         experience and
>>>>              the feedback I've heard has always been yes it is bad
>>>>         compared to MS
>>>>              Office.  I think Libre/Open office covers 90% of use cases
>>>>         and is
>>>>              more than capable of handling what most users need, however
>>>>         it's
>>>>              interface isn't nearly as good, it lacks the vbscript
>>>>         macros the
>>>>              rest of the world uses, it's charting/graphs don't look as
>>>>         nice and
>>>>              formatting comes out mangled when excel users open it (or
>>>>         when you
>>>>              open an xlsx).  Microsoft has invested a lot of time,
>>>> money and
>>>>              energy into getting Excel just right and it really is a
>>>>         great (if
>>>>              not their best) product.  The heavy excel users I know that
>>>>         don't
>>>>              run Windows keep a Win7 VM around for Office/Excel use.
>>>>
>>>>              As a side note I think one thing that the Linux/FLOSS
>>>>         community is
>>>>              very bad at is learning from what others get right.  You
>>>>         might not
>>>>              like Microsoft but to claim their popularity was in no way
>>>>         due to
>>>>              making some good products is disingenuous at best.  If
>>>> people
>>>>              genuinely care about increasing Linux desktop usage (which
>>>>         is not of
>>>>              any particular interest to me personally) the right
>>>>         questions to ask
>>>>              are about what MS and Apple get right rather than what they
>>>>         get wrong.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>              On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 10:54 AM, <kitepilot at kitepilot.com
>>>>         <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>
>>>>              <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.__**com
>>>>
>>>>         <mailto:kitepilot at kitepilot.**com <kitepilot at kitepilot.com>>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>                  So I talked my brother into ditching Micro$haft and
>>>>         moving to Linux.
>>>>                  Baaaad idea...
>>>>                  The man uses Excel *HEAVILY*, and LibreOffice just
>>>>         could not
>>>>                  keep up.
>>>>                  But it was not lack of features or limitations, it was
>>>>         *STUPID*
>>>>                  (but dangerous) things like cells not showing the real
>>>>         value
>>>>                  and/or recalculating wrong.
>>>>                  I didn't take his word for it, he showed me the
>>>>         (unbelievable)
>>>>                  problems (I could not believe what I was seeing).
>>>>                  The guy is back to Excel...
>>>>                  What am I missing?
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Is LibreOffice *THAT* bad? :(

Is LibreOffice THAT bad? :(