Microsoft is once again ringing the death knell of Office 2021, this time with an End of Support for Office 2021 reminder.
  • Toga77@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4 days

    Idk man Libreoffice on Linux replaced my Windows setup 6 months ago at work and even my coworkers started using it unprompted.

      • Noxy@pawb.socialEnglish
        4 days

        Difficulties maintaining a sufficient number of active developers and code contributors to keep the project viable have persisted for several years. This has led to persistent problems providing timely fixes to security vulnerabilities since 2015. In March 2026, the Apache Security Team raised OpenOffice’s security risk status to “red” due to unfixed vulnerabilities over 365 days old.[9]

      • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4 days

        For one, they’re still actively developed, instead of being stuck in the early last decade.

  • elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4 days

    I installed 2021 for a client last year, because of the pay once model. I guess I should have installed 2024. This guy was using some really ancient version, and is really tech illiterate, the kind that writes procedures in a notebook, instead of learning why he does them. I installed LO first, to see if he could use it and be free of Office, but he got really nervous, so I got him the closest thing to what he had. Now I have to find out a way to resolve this. I guess I’ll get a key from one of the key sitees, or do a massgrave. Thanks MS.

  • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
    5 days

    it isn’t being “killed”, it’s just EOL, on schedule. the death-blow comes if windows version has a similar digital certificate expiry baked-in like office mac does. which would be a first on windows, because old (even really old) office versions do still work–just don’t get security fixes once EOL.

    • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5 days

      Good to see the correct response to this post. Nothing about what they are doing is off. Im still using office 2019 personally since i got it really cheap like a year before it went EOL. I use it so infrequently for personal use it doesnt bother me, but its nice to have.

      On top of this there is office 2024 which if you did still need to move to another version thats equivlant then this is what you want. I am honestly shocked more people dont just buy the stand alone office over 365 subscriptions. Is it because Microsoft stopped advertising that they exist? 1 time fee over monthly anyday.

      • BananaTrifleViolin@piefed.worldEnglish
        4 days

        Yeah, I had Office 2010 and used that for years - probably up to 2022. It allowed installs on 3 devices at a time, and included Word, Excel and Powerpoint. I only switched to Office 365 when my work made it freely available, and I have it set up inside a windows VM on my Linux desktop for the very rare times I need to use office at home. Work are paying for all the redundant tools no one at work uses - like copilot. Don’t see it as my problem.

        But I can’t recommend Office 2024 when it costs £120 for a license with online activation and install restrictions to one PC. Not when the alternative Libre Office is free, unlimited installs on all devices, and does everything a home user would ever need. Joplin is also a superb alternative to One Note.

        I personally would never buy another version of Office; I have libre office installed and use that for my personal documents (like my budget spreadsheet and occasional word processing) and Joplin for my notes. And while Libre office doesn’t have integrated cloud storage, all you need to do is add your preferred cloud storage system to your file manager in Linux or Windows.

        Office 2024 doesn’t really offer a good value proposition. And if you’re really in the market for Office, then ebay to get valid licenses for Office Professional Plus 2019 or 2021is better value; £40 for the full suite (inc Access, Outlook, Publisher) is far better value than a direct license from MS for 2024. But it’s just a product key card, so there is always the risk a license and access to downloads gets revoked eventually.

        • HeyJoe@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4 days

          Yeah I hear you. I was just stating for people who do want to continue using it. I got mine off of https://shop.lifehacker.com/ which idk if its better or worse than ebay, but I don’t really trust ebay very much and this seems to offer similar discounted pricing.

  • endofline@lemmy.caEnglish
    4 days

    Self hosting nextcloud… It runs on 2gb nicely for your own instance

    • sanitation@lemmy.todayEnglish
      4 days

      Opencloud is much better.

      But self hosting is not an option for 99.95% of illiterates

    • nitroemdash@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      4 days

      Based on Microsoft’s proprietary OOXML format and still makes you dependent on Microsoft’s will. LibreOffice better.