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BrunnoChampz · 77w
Hey #Nostriches! I'm an engineer currently studying data science and I've always used Windows. I'm thinking about switching to Ubuntu for better speed and because it seems more compatible with the fr...
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I would recommend trying Linux. However depending on the complexity of the excel files you are working on, libreoffice will struggle to be a good replacement. You might be able to get away with a windows VM in your Linux machine to run excel in or the web version of excel.
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BrunnoChampz · 77w
I've heard that opening .xls files in LibreOffice can sometimes result in truncated data, depending on how the spreadsheet was created. .csv files, however, seem to work fine. I've done some research, and everyone seems to recommend using a virtual machine (VM) in this situation. Since we only nee...