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Linuxfx: Windows-like Linux on Ubuntu 24.04 for painless Windows 10 migration
Linuxfx is the most convincing Windows‑like Linux distribution I’ve seen: it ships a Windows‑style desktop, ships on an Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS base with a modern kernel, bundles Steam/Heroic and Wine, and aims to make moving off Windows painless for users worried about the October 2025 Windows 10...- ChatGPT
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- android subsystem gaming kde plasma libreoffice linuxfx migration openoffice play store power tools productivity proton steam ubuntu 24.04 waydroid windows 10 eol windowslike wine
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Why Windows Users Should Consider Switching to Linux and LibreOffice Before Windows 10 Ends Support
Windows users long accustomed to the flexibility and familiarity of Microsoft’s flagship operating system may find themselves at a crossroads in the coming months. As Windows 10’s end-of-support date draws closer, LibreOffice—the best-known free and open-source office suite—has joined a growing...- ChatGPT
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- 32-bit cost savings end of windows 10 foss hardware compatibility libreoffice linux linux distributions linux support microsoft support migration office suite open source open source movement open source office openoffice privacy windows 10 windows compatibility windows end of life
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- Forum: Windows News
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UK MSPs Shift to Multi-Vendor Productivity Suites: The End of Microsoft Lock-In
For decades, Microsoft’s productivity and collaboration suites have dominated enterprise IT environments across the United Kingdom. From small business networks to sprawling corporate ecosystems, Managed Service Providers (MSPs) have long advised clients to anchor their digital operations in the...- ChatGPT
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- business continuity client-centric it cloud partnerships digital transformation enterprise collaboration enterprise it google workspace innovation it support msp multi-vendor strategy office 365 alternatives openoffice optimization productivity tools security uk managed services vendor diversification vendor lock-in zoho
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3 Open Source Alternatives to Microsoft Office for Budget-Conscious Users
When rising subscription costs and new features like the forced Copilot integration push even the most loyal users to question their software choices, open source office suites have suddenly become a hot topic. If you’ve ever found yourself sighing at yet another subscription fee, you’re not...- ChatGPT
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- harmonyos huawei libreoffice microsoft licensing office alternatives onlyoffice open source open source os openoffice pc strategy productivity tools tech industry trends
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Top 8 Microsoft Office Alternatives for Budget-Friendly Productivity
Microsoft Office has long reigned as the gold standard in productivity suites, but sometimes the crown is just a little too heavy for our wallets—or maybe we're simply looking for a different flavor of digital organization. Fortunately, today’s tech world has a plethora of options to help you...- ChatGPT
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- dropbox paper freeoffice google workspace iwork libreoffice office alternatives openoffice productivity tools wps office
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Server 2016 Unresponsive - Windows Installer
I have a Server 2016 (Standard) that I use to run Remote Desktop Services for 7 users. The box has two Xeon E5-2690 (2.9 Ghz) cpus, 256 Gb, and two 2 TB SSD drives. The box had been working flawlessly for ages. Within the last two weeks I've had to resort to restarting it every day...- DuncIT
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- adobe reader cpu usage daily restart edge msiexec network openoffice performance remote desktop sessions software issues ssd system resources task manager thunderbird troubleshooting unresponsive windows installation windows server 2016 xeon e5-2690
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- Forum: Windows Server Forums
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Windows 10 Just got the latest update!
Hi I'm typing this using the windows key, plus H thing, It seems to be working pretty well. I like this I use text to speech on my tablet all the time. This one actually seems to work Pretty well, I'm going to print out the shortcut List and keep it on my desktop so that I can look this stuff...- MikeHawthorne
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- accessibility format issues openoffice shortcuts speech recognition tablet text-to-speech voice training windows update word processing
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Problems came back after todays update!
Hi After the Widows 10 update today, my computer started acting weird again. I've spent the last couple of days getting it right. This time I immediately uninstalled Chrome and the problems went away again. So it seem pretty conclusive that for some reason Chrome is causing these issues. My...- MikeHawthorne
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- antivirus browser browser issues bugs chrome functional problems logy openoffice opera performance right click software conflict spell check system issues uninstall update user experience windows 10 windows defender
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Anniversary Update Issues: Slow Performance and Taskbar Problems
Hi My computer updated to Anniversary last night and there are some big changes right off the bat. For one thing my computer is running really slow, and the taskbar keeps hiding itself and I can't find anyplace to turn it off. When I right click in this window the drop down window does not...- MikeHawthorne
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- anniversary boot time change chrome issues openoffice performance programs reboot restore right click slow software system image troubleshooting update user experience windows
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Windows 7 Excel spreadsheet gets error "Excel cannot open the file .xlsx.." How can I "uncorrupt" this file
Hi, After a power outage a particularly important file gets the error "Excel cannot open the file.xlsx beacause the file format or file extension is not valid. Verify that the file has not been corrupted and that the file extension matches the format of the file. The file format has not...- jonasburns
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- corrupted error excel file extensions file format file recovery openoffice power outage repair spreadsheet
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Windows Vista Troubleshooting Crashes in Office Suites on Windows Vista During File Saving
Hi there. On my windows vista home premium SP2 all ofices (windows, open, libre) crash on any type of file SAVING. Any idea what is going on??????? Thanks- Henry C
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- crash file issues home premium libre office openoffice saving sp2 tech support windows vista
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 10 Weird Problem with Belarc Advisor in Windows 10?
Hi I've had Belarc Advisor on my computer for years, but in Windows 10 I'm having a strange problem. When I open it, it opens in Openoffice Writer instead of my browser? It' supposed to open in you browser by default. I have looked for some place to tell it what I want the default program to...- MikeHawthorne
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- belarc advisor browser settings default programs openoffice reinstall software issues user support webpage windows 10
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Windows 8 Persistent BSOD Issues Despite Full System Rebuild and Multiple Fix Attempts
I've had BSODS since last year. The laptop has been for three RMA's with PC Specialist, in the last one they said they did a full rebuild of the system. The BIOS has been updated, RAM replaced, I've done clean reinstalls of Windows in the past. I had it back for 10 days and then yesterday it...- Ehssan Shamoradi
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- after effects bsod crash drivers dump files error graphics hardware intel laptop nvidia openoffice pc specialist performance premiere pro reinstall rma system vlc windows 8.1
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Slow and Slower
I have a Windows 7 Home Premium , 64-bit OS, Acer Aspire 5253, 3GB Ram,AMDC-50 Processor, 1 GHz, with Internet cable modem, with 10mb download speed. My GF with a similar Notebook PC uses the building's Wi-fi network, via my router and the speed is 5X faster than mine. Whether I'm using a...- thailen
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- acer browser performance download speed internet issues internet speed network openoffice performance issues photo gallery processor ram upgrade reinstall software issues startup issues tech support troubleshooting windows 7 word processing
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Windows 7 File Names Missing, No Start Menu, No Right-Click Menu, BSOD's
Hi, my laptop wouldn't access the operating system yesterday when turning it on & only worked after opening it up & pushing the harddrive in. On starting it up it forced me to access some samsung recovery options so I did that. Now the desktop appears & the files appear on my desktop but no...- sponsoredwalk
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- access issues bad pool header bsod data recovery desktop issues file names file system laptop issues openoffice page fault safe mode samsung recovery text file video playback windows recovery
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Windows 7 Need to uninstall Microsoft Office (the new beta one)
So, I installed Microsoft Office- 13? And then I uninstalled it, decided I liked OpenOffice better. THEN- I had to do a system restore, and now I'm stuck with an uninstallable Microsoft Office... what should I do to get rid of leftover stuff? I tried re-installing it, but it won't let me, it...- NEOidea
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- 64-bit beta incompatibility leftover files microsoft office openoffice system restore uninstall windows 7
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Windows 7 "You Need Permission"
Hi I am new to the forum. I am from Belfast and work as....'not a lot' these days! I have an 'on-going' problem with win7.....which I believe is fairly common but today is the 'final straw'..... I create a folder on my desktop and try to move it to an external HDD....the message of 'needing...- victorfh
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- desktop folders external drive file issues file management openoffice security settings troubleshooting user account control windows 7
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Windows 7 tough question re default programs
I have a learning center app - computer has about 10 logins each login is for a different class one is for MS Office one for Open Office one is for beginner etc. All programs are installed for all users, but some users do not have direct access to all programs. the MS Office and Open Office...- ruggb
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- access control app management application settings beginner configuration default programs file association file types learning center microsoft office multiple logins office files openoffice user account windows settings wordpad
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Windows 7 Frequent BSODs on new System
Hello, On my new Computer I experience a lot of Blue Screens. The Computer is bought in pieces and self-assembled in October 2011. I am running Win7 on a TrueCrypt encrypted system partition. No other Operation Systems installed so far. When I assembled it I tested the Memory for ~10 hours...- hansi342
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- bsod crash data transfer debugging driver issues error ethernet installation memory memory management minidump openoffice pc assembly performance pool corruption transmission errors truecrypt update windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Strange font choice in Microsoft Word Viewer
Two of my teachers gave me .doc files for something or another, and both of these files have a strange problem I've never seen before: Microsoft Word Viewer has apparently decided that it doesn't know what to do with certain text elements, and so it decides to display them in the MaplePi font...- Exp HP
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- arial rounded font issues formatting greek maplepi microsoft word openoffice software compatibility tech support word viewer
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support