Keeping downgraded seems to be safer than anything Microslop is pushing out. The last three updates to Windows 11 were filled with security flaws and broken processes. Hell, the last update broke fucking Notepad!
Does anything compete with microsoft excel for spreadsheet software, visual basic, custom functions, batch scripting, linking external data sources, etc?
excel is my favorite office program. I even make my memes inside excel
Trading one demon for another, but Google Sheets is basically interchangeable for most "common" applications of Excel. When you want an omni-tool instead of several dedicated specific tools, you usually need to submit yourself to some type of evil contract.
Libre office can do all of that. It is a little rougher around the edges, but In use it for work and find it completely fine. Telling big tech to fuck off does cost a little extra effort, but well worth it imo.
This is old news. They've been at this for years. I'm gonna have to upgrade to an older version to get rid of this crap.
Keeping downgraded seems to be safer than anything Microslop is pushing out. The last three updates to Windows 11 were filled with security flaws and broken processes. Hell, the last update broke fucking Notepad!
2013, and LibreOffice supports most VB functionality as well as supporting python.
Does anything compete with microsoft excel for spreadsheet software, visual basic, custom functions, batch scripting, linking external data sources, etc?
excel is my favorite office program. I even make my memes inside excel
LibreOffice Calc and Math
Trading one demon for another, but Google Sheets is basically interchangeable for most "common" applications of Excel. When you want an omni-tool instead of several dedicated specific tools, you usually need to submit yourself to some type of evil contract.
Libre office can do all of that. It is a little rougher around the edges, but In use it for work and find it completely fine. Telling big tech to fuck off does cost a little extra effort, but well worth it imo.
Just switch to libre office. It works fine.