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Ok, I just received a notice that my Microsoft subscription renews at the end of the month. I think it's time to move to better options.

I have seen a lot on LibreOffice, are there other programs that I should investigate as well?

Should I use this to motivate myself into converting my computer to Linux as well? 🤔 How feasible is that to do for one not-tech-savvy middle aged woman by herself?

My emails are mostly being shifted to my own custom domain email address through my website provider, so making headway on giving up Google. But will likely keep it for a while more until I can get off the Google phone. Any suggestions for a good replacement? I thought Grapheneos was coming out with their own hardware but idk if it's worth the wait.

Otherwise I am addicted to whining to ChatGPT, and idk if there are better options for that? (Yes I'm aware I should just stop doing this but I ain't got no IRL friends and I need to whine to something or else I'll go crazy)

Any guidance, advice or ideas on how to get this normie deeper into freedom tech would be much appreciated! 🥰

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It's not necessarily a "drop in" replacement but I've found the Proton suite of Docs and now Spreadsheets works relatively well... Is that's all you need. But other than that, G Suite is hard to quit...

I like only office and yes Linux is great to switch to. With nostr, you’ll get a lot of answers to questions fast to help you transition to Linux.

nostr:npub10hpcheepez0fl5uz6yj4taz659l0ag7gn6gnpjquxg84kn6yqeksxkdxkr is an alternative to ChatGPT

Orange Dad · 19w

Great question. I’m curious to hear what others have to say.

liminal 🦠 · 19w

Use libreoffice! I'd highly encourage you to orient yourself to the goal of moving as many docs & workflows as you can into plain text so you may ascend to computational wizard 🧙‍♀️

FiddleHodlHomestead · 19w

another vote for Maple AI. Please don't let Sam Altman harvest your thoughts 😫 One of my goals this year is to wean myself from Google Docs for all professional data if at all possible so I'm curious to see how Libre (or alternative) goes for you.

Ľḭṿḙśƫṟãɖãṁṹṧ💫#RunCoreV30 · 19w

Try a Linux Mint live cd Don’t expect a replacement equivalent to Windows but doing everything is possible

libre office is great. you can run it on Linux MINT and it's a Windows like experience anyway. installation is easy if you have a spare USB stick lying around. I'd use PPQ.ai to whine at chatGPT. at least then you have a privacy buffer in between you and the model. so you're doing it through the br...

Mugita Sokio · 19w

nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7ct4w35zumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6qg0waehxw309ahxjup3xuhxxmmdqqsdngef474mycag4usksw8tghslqnxrqqrsg3jfglztjplphm6cp4c7auuy5 and I would recommend looking at LibreOffice for sure. Depending on if you're writing novels or not, we can also recommend Obsidian with Longform (as that's wh...

Swapping over to Linux may be good, but comes with user experience caveats like having to update packages and "coding" in the command prompt. Libre office is a great alternative to Office. My biggest reason for not switching is because I play games and they don't run great on Linux, even in 202...

Love the initiative ! Keep it up!

grottenolm · 19w

Linux is easy enough, you can install it side by side to Windows until you feel you can completely make the switch! I have used Mint and Ubuntu, both very good options for beginners. Libre Office, Browser, E-Mail are mostly all I need, so no need for Windows at all. Just play around with it, tota...

I switched from Windows / Office to Linux Mint / Libre a couple of months ago. It's all good. You can use them side by side before you decide to go all in on Linux. Libre is fine for word processing and spreadsheets.

Check out the newly released Cosmic on PopOS. I've been a windows user my entire life and have been gradually trying to get away from Google & MS. Having only used PopOS on System76 hardware for a week have found it's very intuitive and I think I'll soon be able to fully ditch the tech overlords en...

HelpfulGiraffe · 19w

If using just for general life management Linux mint it great, comes preinstalled with libreoffice and thunderbird (opensourse Mozilla email client that will likely be compatible with your email set up). I manage all of my personal affairs with libreoffice. Works great. A piece of advice, install ...

Before jumping from one powerful word processor to another, you might try something simpler and see if it works for you. I'm a huge fan of Typora, which is a clean, minimalist app that lets me focus on writing and not on aligning bullet points or tab stops. It works on Windows and Linux. It uses mar...