Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s most northern state, is starting its switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice, and is planning to move from Windows to Linux on the 30,000 PCs it uses for local government functions.
Concerns over data security are also front and center in the Minister-President’s statement, especially data that may make its way to other countries. Back in 2021, when the transition plans were first being drawn up, the hardware requirements for Windows 11 were also mentioned as a reason to move away from Microsoft.
Saunders noted that “the reasons for switching to Linux and LibreOffice are different today. Back when LiMux started, it was mostly seen as a way to save money. Now the focus is far more on data protection, privacy and security. Consider that the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) recently found that the European Commission’s use of Microsoft 365 breaches data protection law for EU institutions and bodies.”
Malarkey. It does give with tables and boxes. I’ve been digitizing my home be brew ttrpg system slowly over the last few years, using libreoffice. Zero issues, zero difficulty.
And I’ve now written three novels, a novella, and many short stories with it. The native epub output isn’t perfect, but it does fine for alpha/beta reading. And that’s the only flaw it has for prose.
I’ve converted older word documents in the process of the ttrpg formatting, btw, with no issues.
The word processing part is all I really use, so I can’t say much about anything else in the suite, but librewriter is fully capable.