Isn’t just awkward that you use a different app? How do you explain?
“I use Libre Office”
“I use _____ ______”
I don’t.
Why would they even need to know? You can save it in .docx if you need to share it with someone.
I teach, so trying to adjust old ppts for lecture got a little weird because it turned the bulletpoints into mailboxes, and equation formulas are done completely differently so libre just makes them uneditable (a picture?).
When things got wonky in lecture though I managed just fine. My students are much worse, they open shit in non-MS apps all the time (.notes for takehome exams, or like, keynote, whatever) and fuck up formatting all the time, often without even realizing it. (I do provide PDF alternatives at least). Explaining I use libre really easy in that case, lol.
I don’t use Libre Office, but regardless, I give absolutely zero shits what other people think.
Just shit on Microsoft they’ll probably find common ground in that
then have them slowly realize over time that you’re not just going to bullshit around but actually find and incorporate viable alternatives into your workflow, even if some steps will be inconvenient, and have them feel that something like that is now expected of them and slowly start avoiding you or subconsciously marking you as extremist and feeling the need to defend MS in front of you on behalf of “but most people…”.
yeah, that’s the sweet spot.
Do NOT tell anybody in the office that you use Libre Office.
If you do, you will be blamed for every problem anyone encounters.Font size looks incorrect - Carl’s fault for using libre office to edit the file (even though you never worked on that project at all).
Paper jamb in the printer - Carl’s fault for printing a document from that weird libre office program.
I got fired for saying something racist on twitter - Carl’s fault for using that weirdo libre shit.
Second this. People who don’t understand tech blame anything that’s different for their problems even if unrelated.
This isn’t isolated to tech and is how bigotry persists
Can second this. After becoming the tech person of my household most issues are now “my fault” I dont really mind in my situation but if it was the entire workplace, not good.
I got fired for saying something racist on twitter - Carl’s fault for using that weirdo libre shit.
What
“Ewww, Windowsssss!”
Pinch my nose, spray my fingers with hand sanitizer, then walk away from their desk.
Hit them with a final “Yuck” as you walk away.
For work, I have a work computer with a build on it provided by work.
If your work is letting/having you use something different, then explanations shouldn’t be needed. If youre doing this on your own, that may be a problem.
At my work, anybody can have Windows, Mac, or Linux. Each have an approved set of software that they can use. If it’s not on the approved list, and it’s something freely available and gets regular security updates, it’s usually not a problem to get it on the list.
I don’t have to explain to my co-workers what software I use. Most of the time, it’s cloud-based or web-based and universal, anyway.
this was my thought.
The better question asked is:
How do they explain to you that they don’t?
I practically never need to. I’ll find a way to make things work one way or another.
Thanks to the behaviour of the American Government the past year, it has become really easy. Everybody suddenly understand and respect the argument of boycotting american products and software.
Depends on how long you’ve been working. After some amount of time like a year or two you can drop it into a conversation when helping a person “oh, I actually use libre office so I’m not sure where MS put that, let me check” and if they want more info they’ll ask. Sometimes they might be surprised that you can actually do this stuff on Linux.
I will use whatever they will provide me. If i am to use Microsoft products, so be it. Not only that, but I don’t give a flying fuck for the company’s data i work for. They asked for it 🙃
I don’t. I just export to PDF if I need them to see formatting the same.
