Comment OO isn't the only OS office suite. (Score 0) 433
What bugs me the most about OO is the degree to which it unfairly overshadows other OS office aps. A lot of people state that the lack of a comprehensive suite of office aps is a major point that keeps them from switching to linux. Linux advocates will then point out the existence of OO. The problem is that OO sucks. It's slow, clunky, and font handling is nothing short of bizzare.
What else is there? Koffice has been improving greatly in the background. I use it for most all of my classwork. When I'm submitting somthing for publication I'll write it in Lyx. I've had fewer MS office compatability problems with kword than with OO writer.
I've not used them, but Aplix office and Hancom office are out there too.
Ted is an awesome little word processor which can work with rtf documents and export to .pdf.
Gnumeric is the best basic spreadsheet I've seen.
I really don't see what the big deal is about OO.