I need to keep a windows installation because I need MS Office. LibreOffice is fine 98% of the time, but I’ve got a handful of complex documents and spreadsheets that just don’t render correctly in LO, and I’m not going to spend the weeks it takes to correct them.
I’ll look into refined, but currently can’t afford anything but essentials so it’ll be a ways off before I can get a new HD
Linux I’ve had to fight and beat into submission just to try and install it without accidentally overwriting my windows installation, and have all my hardware working. I’ve tried and failed 6 times now
In my personal experience, it’s because things said in person don’t have a paper trail. If you want to discuss something with potential legal ramifications, in person is by far the safest way. Even by phone, call recording might be a thing
What are the advantages over Open Office?
I had difficulty understanding the error messages, mainly. “Warning: this xibstop is a fleng. Do you want to flargle you shmoigen at 0000HgvbXX44? This cannot be undone”
Of course, I couldn’t actually google what it meant without running into a whole load of other terminology I didn’t understand, least of all because my WiFi hadn’t kicked in yet.
Basically, you need to put the work in to understand the context of what’s going on. With Windows, this took me about a year when I first got a PC. I imagine it’ll be the same with Linux.