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Kinda weird that they’re calling it an OS, but ig they’re just trying to cater to the windows audience

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KDE neon is what they’re selling

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Selling as in advertising, I might add. Neon is free

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Yeah like they (the Windows sheeple) celebrated a CLI package manager as if it was their best invention since sliced bread. Every Linux user was like yaaawwwn… “finally”

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Can I use MS Office natively with that? Also, can I use it as a non-techie lay man in a way that is similar to the way most office bottom-feeders use Windows?

I know there is Open Office but I am lawyer and the free office alternatives just don’t have the rich formatting options I need to do my job. I have tried and they just won’t do.

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Fyi: Libre Office is the actively developed Open Office fork.

Don’t know how it stacks up to MS Office though.

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Just out of interest: What are the specific formating options / features you’re missing to be able to perform your job?

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“But can Linux install things via a single .exe file? HAHAH EAT IT NERD!”

- 10’ish years ago past me, before discovering the magical wonders of the package manager

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With app images it’s easier than installing. Although the chmod step will deter the typical windows user

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How do you actually install an AppImage? I figured out how to use them, but not how to install them.

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I found since people are used to app stores, I’ve had a much easier time convincing people to try out Linux. My mom even said that she always wished her windows PC had a proper app store.

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I think it’s still important to explain the key difference between an “app store” and a package repository: the latter isn’t a “store” because everything is free.

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Thst might change with Flathub’s ambitions to become an actual app store though

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I still am intimidated by the terminal as I’ve only had slight experience with CMD

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Honestly, if all you’ve ever experienced in regards to terminals is windows CMD, then you really haven’t seen much. I mean that possitively. Actually, it will give you a far worse impression on what using a Linux / Unix terminal can be like (speaking as someone who spent what feel’s like years in terminals, of which the least amount in windows CMD).

I suggest to simply play around with a Linux terminal (e.g. install VirtualBox,.then use it to install e.g. Ubuntu, then follow some simple random “Linux terminal beginner tutorial” you can find online).

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The Windows Terminal is absolute Garbage. I tried to use it for some very simple stuff and it was such a trash experience. It just feels wrong.

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not a kde user but huge respect to them

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