The terminal interface to Linux can be a bit off-putting, but it doesn’t need to be; alternatively you can use commands to achieve the same thing. Read this for more information.
Category: Linux
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Is Libre Office compatible with Microsoft Office?
Yes, to a very high sense it is totally compatible. Only at the most advanced usage with advanced use of macros might there be a problem.
The same is true of OpenOffice but Libre Office has one advantage over OpenOffice in that it can both read and write .docx files – the default format for Microsoft Office. Open Office can only read .docx, but writes out in a slightly different format.
As I recall, LibreOffice can also read .PDF files. We covered this in a Computer Group meeting and without checking I can’t remember that for a fact off the top of my head.
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Linux on Mac
Not a Spielberg masterpiece but something I knocked up this morning. There is one mistake in it, corrected in the second-half of the video. The Mac requires a 64-bit Linux distro, not a 32-bit one, so the same .iso file I used for the Dell Inspiron was used in trialling Ubuntu 20.0.4 on the 2008 MacBook Pro.
How I built a Ubuntu Linux 20.0.4 system on an iMac and tested it on an old MacBook Pro I’ve also discovered that Etcher is available for Windows as well – go to pull-down button on this page. It might be worth looking at this as an alternative to Rufus.
