Audiocasts/Shows: Going Linux and BSD Now

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Apr 11, 2025

• Going Linux #466 · Using GNU/Linux to get things done in Work and School (Office Suites)

  Bill distro hops. Larry considers a distro hop. Bill fixes his problem with Snap packages. Larry fixes his app probles. Is using Hey Hi (AI) cheating? We discuss what you get with these office suites: LibreOffice, WPS Offce, ONLYOffice, Calligra, and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 Online.
  00:00 Going GNU/Linux #466 · Using GNU/Linux to get things done in Work and School (Office Suites)
  01:24 Life gets in the way.
  02:34 Bill's MX GNU/Linux hop update
  03:21 The return to Zorin
  04:45 Larry considers a switch to Open SUSE
  07:01 Using GNU/Linux to get things done
  07:39 Bill updates snapd and solves his problem with Snap packages
  08:39 Larry reinstalls an app to solve problems
  09:31 Hey Hi (AI) disclaimer for this episode - a GPT4All and Deep Seek collaboration
  12:24 Is using Hey Hi (AI) cheating? Let us know
  14:03 Check your distribution's repositories for packages before downloading from the webpages for each office suite we mention
  16:31 LibreOffice - Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, Math, Charts
  21:26 WPS Office - WPS Writer, WPS Spreadsheet, WPS Presentation, WPS PDF Reader
  25:11 ONLYOffice - Document Editor, Spreadsheet Editor, Presentation Editor, PDF Editor
  34:40 Calligra - Words, Stage, Sheets, Karbon, KEXI, Plan
  43:31 Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 365 'Free' er uh 'Trial' er uh 'Subscription' Online - Documents, Presentations, Workbooks
  56:18 App pick: GPT4All
  59:36 End
  

• BSD Now 606: Tackling 7k bugs

  FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE Now Available, From Chaos to Clarity: How We Tackled FreeBSD’s 7,000 Bug Backlog, zfs-2.3.1, Complications of funding an open source operating system, Why Choose to Use the BSDs in 2025, First Use on GhostBSD, Better Shell History Search, and more