Are there good Microsoft word alternatives that support Linux (I don't mind closed source)? Libreoffice is meh and only office is quite good, but are there any better ones? Also, is there a way to install word on Linux using wine? When I do that my laptop just overheats and loses internet connection.
As a long-time Linux user, I feel like it says something about the maturity of desktop Linux that it is good enough now for the kinds of users that find LibreOffice insufficient.
What does Microsoft Word give you that OpenOffice Writer or LibreOffice Writer don't?
My writing instructor always tells us to use the grammar checking in Word and there's the occasional formatting or compatibility issue. Nothing that I haven't been able to get through but it has resulted in a couple marks every here and there
https://www.onlyoffice.com/
What's your goal? Markdown / latex may work better for your use case than word. https://typora.io/ https://obsidian.md/ https://logseq.com/ https://github.com/marktext/marktext
I did a look into this. softmaker is best when it comes to compatibility of displaying files. Wps office is ok, but some text would be on top of others. I did find that there is a free version of softmaker, which should be ok.
Really trying to understand what "meh" means in terms of office software.
They all are kinda meh. I dont get overly excited with office stuff do you?
Over the years I have used both Libre and ms office. Some use cases were so much better with Libre. Now days it's kind of a wash really. You write words or you calculate cells. If you are calculating any large amount of cells do your self a favor and get it into a database.
And if it's a presentation, reveal.js is miles better than PowerPoint.
Emacs or Neovim could also serve to replace Word, depending on what you need it for.
If you really want word, you could try Microsoft 365, where its in your browser instead of a thing you download.
