Can anyone tell me what is wrong with LibreOffice?

[Joel Rees]

2017/10/07 6:20 "Colin Law" <clanlaw at gmail.com>:
>
> On 6 October 2017 at 22:11, Joel Rees <joel.rees at gmail.com> wrote:
> > 2017/10/07 0:34 "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com>:
> >>
> >> On 6 October 2017 at 17:23, Xen <list at xenhideout.nl> wrote:
> >> > Liam Proven schreef op 06-10-2017 17:12:
> >> >
> >> >> Did it not occur to you that it was more likely to be something
wrong
> >> >> with your own installation?
> >> >
> >> > Don't blame the user.
> >>
> >> I'm blaming his computer for the problem.
> >
> > There isn't a lot of difference between blaming a computer without
evidence
> > that it is a hardware or firmware problem and blaming the user who
> > ostensibly installed the OS.
>
> There is a big difference between blaming the user and suggesting that
> it is the configuration of the computer (which I suspect was what was
> meant).  Configuration can be messed up without the user being at
> fault. There is no personal attack involved in suggesting that the
> configuration settings may be messed up.  We have all experienced
> that.

Maybe Xen trimmed too much. Liam's original response was just a shade harsh.

> The OP, however, was clearly attempting to lay blame on the
> developers, saying that they "should find and put resources toward
> making Libre Office function, or remove it from the default
> installation".

I suppose you've never been convinced that you've followed all the
directions and it still isn't working?

And maybe he's not the only one who finds libre office a difficult
experience?

I personally don't think removing it from the default install is a viable
option, but I have a hard time recommending it, even with the caveat that
formatting will change.

(In my case, I use plain text as much as possible, modulo the hardware
problems that currently force me to use this Android tablet. And I've taken
to recommending plain text to people I wouldn't have in the past. The
current state of the end-user application market is a wasteland.)

--
Joel Rees

http://defining-computers.blogspot.com
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