Alternative to Windows spyware that can handle WORD and Excel?

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  • openoffice

    Apache OpenOffice

    Make sure you get the official Open Office if you go that route. Some attackers recently have been using Google ads to direct traffic to a knock-off site that downloads malware. Official link: https://www.openoffice.org/ (but feel free to go search for yourself if you don't believe me).

  • DesktopEditors

    An office suite that combines text, spreadsheet and presentation editors allowing to create, view and edit local documents

    I'd recommend OnlyOffice. Much better compatibility with Microsoft products than Libre/Open Office (no doc breaking, alignment issues, etc). It just seems to work and I love it.

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • simplewall

    Discontinued Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.

    Windows VM on a fresh Linux distro setup, with some softwares to avoid telemetry (e.g. SimpleWall)

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