Opinion - Literally the only thing holding back Linux from going "mainstream" is MS Office

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  • FreeCAD

    This is the official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler.

  • Here's hoping FreeCAD will change that.

  • Pandas

    Flexible and powerful data analysis / manipulation library for Python, providing labeled data structures similar to R data.frame objects, statistical functions, and much more

  • Pandas seems popular to try to turn Python into something more like R, which is certainly useful for many types of use-cases when you have tables of data you want to do some operations on to spit out some results and plot nice graphs. But I am sure there are many use-cases that would require other libraries, or a combination of libraries.

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    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.

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  • ONLYOFFICE

    ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.

  • On your PC right now, you can download and use LibreOffice and OnlyOffice. Test both of those out and see which one is the most compatible and works like Microsoft Office. Use them like you use Microsoft Office. Share documents created in those titles and see how they open in Microsoft Office.

  • LibreOffice

    Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead (by LibreOffice)

  • On your PC right now, you can download and use LibreOffice and OnlyOffice. Test both of those out and see which one is the most compatible and works like Microsoft Office. Use them like you use Microsoft Office. Share documents created in those titles and see how they open in Microsoft Office.

NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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