migrating from Windows 7

[Slade Watkins]

Douglas,

On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 9:19 PM Douglas McGarrett
<dmcgarrett at optonline.net> wrote:
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> On 11/7/21 6:09 PM, Slade Watkins wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Somewhat long post but I think I need some help because while I am
> > great with tech, I feel overwhelmed and a bit lost due to being semi
> > out of the game and could use some help.
> >
> > To make a long story short, I am considering switching my primary
> > workstation over to Ubuntu from WIndows 7 Pro (with ESU) either later
> > this year or early next year.
> /snip
> > - Productivity: I used to use Microsoft Office on a near daily basis
> > for writing, though as of recently, I've been trying to migrate over
> > to a mix of LibreOffice, Airtable, and Google Docs. I still have
> > Office installed as a way to open things that aren't yet compatible. I
> > could switch to Google Docs, but then I lose some feeling of
> > privacy/security when it comes to sensitive documents that I can't
> > necessarily ensure will stay that way.
> I would like to recommend Free Office from Softmaker, or the paid
> version , Softmaker Office. The latter now wants paid updates, but the
> former,
> a 2018 version of Softmaker Office, is free forever, and there is very
> little
> difference. Of course, you get free advice when requested from the paid
> edition.

I'll definitely check it out.

> The files are compatible with MS WORD. There's nothing in this
> for me
> except that MS and its policies piss me off...

Me too, me too.

             -slade