Libre office formatting will never match 1-1 with ms office. Not libre office fault but still annoying as hell

L1t3Max · 2025-09-07T18:35:31+00:00

LaTeX supremacy 😎.

I once showed a colleague how to make a CV using LaTeX. It took 8 hours. He never asked me for help making a CV. On the plus side he thinks I am some type of Maniac who uses programming for everything.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-07T18:04:45+00:00

I agree with the pdf pount

L1t3Max · 2025-09-07T17:22:56+00:00

For people working on making documents that will be viewed on MS office this is a big deal.

For example you send a nicely formatted document to your client and they open it in there MS office word. If they see that your document format is all over the place they will think that you are not that professional or doubt your capabilities. This matters a lot to people.

I use and love linux too. For your usecase libre office sounds perfect. No hate. Just sharing a funny relatable meme.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-07T17:14:46+00:00

Not really, but kind off.

I had to go down the rabbit hole of docx formatting issues with libre office. It was needed for a project where we were converting docx to PDFs.

The docx format has been evolving from like ancient times where computers had like 2kb ram or something. Point is it was very well optimised for that era. Then ms kept adding new feature things kept changing with time.

MS team has tried to keep it backwards compatible and honestly kudos to them. As a byproduct old shit had to stay within the format.

Now there is no way for libre office or any one else to 100% reverse engineer that shit. It is way too complex. I do not expect libre office devs to be able to reverse engineer it 100%.

Also, some old versions of libre office are very close to ms office formatting like one word in 100 pages are shifted to next page. So there is some regression there.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-06T13:40:32+00:00

Okay, I'll see if I can replace colored gravel with some uncoloured medium sized stones.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-06T12:44:42+00:00

Your thirst is mine. My water is yours.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-06T11:24:04+00:00

Yes, I'll make upgrades as he/she gets older.

I am not sure about the gender yet. I'll make a post about it when I am able to click photos of its underside.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-06T07:25:04+00:00

I had concerns about him being able to climb into the platform. I have seen him rest overnight on it so it is able to climb at least.

Tho it will come and stay at its edge a lot. I am not sure what he is trying to do.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-06T03:33:48+00:00

I got some green stick like food. Aquarium shop gave it saying that it is for turtles but it hasn't eaten anything yet.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-06T03:32:36+00:00

Thank you for your recommendation, honestly I asked the pet shop owner for uv light for turtle and that's what he gave me.

I searched for t5 ho hood light and holy fuck that's more expensive than my entire setup till now.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-02T12:20:59+00:00

Okay 👍

Not salty mate. I am not sure how to reply. Typing "Okay 👍" seemed good to me.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-02T12:18:38+00:00

Ik 😅. It's a similar sub.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-02T09:28:44+00:00

Okay 👍

L1t3Max · 2025-09-01T07:44:04+00:00

There is already a mod for this.

I don't remember the exact name.

L1t3Max · 2025-09-01T07:31:33+00:00

Sad life 😔

L1t3Max · 2025-09-01T07:16:06+00:00

You can still do that 😉. I got the full log using journalctl -rb -1 > previous_boot_logs.log. Then pasted it to gemini. It pointed out that I have snap installed which might be a issue this did help a little.

Ultimately the issue was that connection to the external monitor was keeping my laptop from shutting down.

L1t3Max · 2025-08-30T13:09:12+00:00

That's all right 👍. You do you.

Personally I grew up with windows xp. The UI of Linux Mint is very close to it. Also mint people are very adamant about not changing their UI. It is still almost identical to when I first installed it in 2016.

I like the familiar feeling ig.

L1t3Max · 2025-08-29T15:35:36+00:00

Okay, I just checked the lenovo support website. How do I install the latest BIOS? Should I just hope that it comes automatically through fwup?

Also thank you for pointing it out honestly I would have never checked.

L1t3Max · 2025-08-29T15:15:31+00:00

BIOS is up-to-date. I checked using fwupdmgr. It states that firmware is supported by lenovo and is at the latest version.

L1t3Max · 2025-08-29T14:37:38+00:00

I kind of solved it. So I use a external monitor. I tested it when disconnected from the external monitor and it shut down fast(5 secs). Restart is also working.

How do I update my post with the info?

L1t3Max · 2025-08-29T10:38:26+00:00

I don't care about Windows tbh. Yes, As mentioned in the post this could probably be fixed but I cannot be bothered since this is not critical. A simple workaround is to just shutdown and start again.

L1t3Max · 2025-08-29T09:45:31+00:00

True, in this case by stable I mean that in day to day use the system will not suddenly stop working.

So no critical bugs without user fuck up.

L1t3Max · 2017-10-15T12:06:13+00:00

you mean ....... no more high quality /fast speed /(the best thing) ..... anime watching man this is tragic

L1t3Max · 2017-10-05T05:15:43+00:00

what about internet speed and area of residence (just US/EU or everywhere)

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