Why do people dislike Ubuntu so much?

I don't get it as well. OO/LO are awesome, I can't see a reason why people would pay for MSO.

I risk to say that Microsoft wants to push MSO to Linux because they see GNU/Linux as a threat at the moment. There are many reasons why they would want to do it, but it's hard to think in one of them.

 

One could say the same for Acrobat (though no clear replacement for Pro, bunch of alternatives shown in Google) and Photoshop (GIMP).

They're still not the exact same though, and old habits die hard. But I would give the alternatives a better chance than waiting for those software on Linux.

 

Some users either need absolute compatibility for Microsoft's formats or they prefer the UI. The difference between a ribbon-type and menu-based UI is huge.

 

I don't like subscription based softwares.

 

because 1: MS Office is the de-facto standard in document processing;
and 2: format compatibility with your co-worker, etc

 

You can achieve compatibility between MSO and LO without buying MSO.
Libre Office saves documents from Microsoft Word 97 to Microsoft Word 2010 with no problem.
No excuse.

 

Neither do I. Furthermore due to privacy concerns I will no longer support Microsoft or Google and Im trying to dump Apple.

 

if you are ms office big fan try kingsoft office as well on ubuntu see the difference its not 100% but still woow kinda experience in some places even better than ms office


http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/kingsoft-office.html

 

The restricted extras contain the MS true type fonts for OO/LO office suites as well.

-http://askubuntu.com/questions/199594/ubuntu-restricted-extras-after-install-ubuntu-12-04

 

It's not like some fonts will restrict your privacy, you know
And too bad Ubuntu doesn't let you select the font. There's the ttf-freefont on Arch Linux that will produce basically the same results as some of the MS ttf and is licensed under GPL.

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/ttf-freefont/

 

Thanks.
yes I also heard good things about kingsoft office. it does not appear to have a native 64bit version yet. Also it does not support saving in docx format yet. Hope they'll solve these minor "issues" soon. Then I'll definitely give it a try.

 

I hate to burst your bubble, but actually no, some documents created in Word will not format properly in LibO or OO on the screen nor printed due to the complexity of the document formatting etc. So in some instances, MS Word is mandatory for full compatibility. LibO/OO attempt to achieve that, but they fall short in some situations. I have seen it personally many time in business documents etc. For very basic home needs however, LibO or OO are fine.

 

Can you tell me how to reproduce this?

 

No, not technically. Just gather a bunch of complicated business documents created in various verisons of Word, and you'll encounter it. It's actually quite common, and well known.

 

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

 

Cus the GUI sucks, replace it with win98 GUI and it be happening

 

Unity (set launch pad to auto hide)+ Cairo Dock, how's that? I think its pretty neat.

 

I don't see the point of 2 docks, same for adding those OS X replicas on Windows 7+.

 

Note that Unity dock is hidden so you never see it. As for the bottom dock, well some people do like OS X style dock. Same goes for KDE, some people do like Windows style dock.
As for me, I actually discovered Unity to be superior to both. Having wide screen laptop and a dock at the bottom is a huge disadventage on space. Unity nicely intergrates menus into the top bar and places the dock on the side reducing the annoying wide screen that became so popular in the past 10 years or so.

 

very well said.

I like the menu-integrate-into-topbar feature provided by Unity, which will produce some more usable vertical space. Also the bottom dock will also auto hide by default when a windows overlaps it, therefore you don;t have to lose vertical screen space.

I have a 2560x1440 screen so space is not really a concern for me. However, with the auto-hide feature of the dock, you never lose displaying space once you have windows overlap the dock, because the dock will then disappear. Move your mouse over it's original position and it will reappear.
Very nice feature IMHO.

 

An example to illustrate my point regarding the auto-hide feature of the dock
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/492/wsaz.png

 

True, but getting used to the native dock or hacking into it is more worthwhile in my opinion than freeing up time and resources for a new program to install/manage.