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[–] Turtle@aussie.zone 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

The first couple commands I run after install:

$ sudo apt install vim
$ sudo apt autopurge libreoffice*
[–] cows_are_underrated@feddit.de 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually like Libre office very much, since it's a good open source office software.

[–] Turtle@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

I'm not suggesting it's bad, I just don't use it much and it's always preinstalled.

[–] stepanzak@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Which office suite do you use?

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 1 year ago

Some people don't need an office suite at all.

[–] Turtle@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago

When I need an office suite, Libreoffice is the one I use, but it's so infrequent that I reinstall writer or whatever part I need at the time and then uninstall again.

The main reason it bothers me is I will see it being updated frequently (and they're not small updates) - and I've probably never ran the thing since the last OS install most of the time.