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Collabora Office Brings Its Online UI to the Desktop on Linux, Windows, and macOS (linuxiac.com)

submitted 1 month ago by cm0002@lemmy.cafe to c/opensource@programming.dev

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Collabora Productivity has announced the release of the first desktop version of its Collabora Office, bringing the full Collabora Online interface to Linux, Windows, and macOS as a native application.

For those who haven’t heard of the app, Collabora Office is an open-source office suite derived from the LibreOffice codebase, offering tools for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and vector graphics.

Until now, its most modern user interface—the one used in Collabora Online (COOL)—was available only in the browser. With this release, that interface is now packaged as a local desktop app running entirely offline.

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[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I don’t get what the point of this is when libreoffice is already a thing…

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 11 points 1 month ago

Why have choices, right?

[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Huh? LibreOffice isn't on Android while Collabora is. That's kind of important, no?

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I’m happy they’re on mobile, it’s better than nothing but I don’t particularly like them or their layout on mobile. Because of that I don’t see why I’d want them on the desktop when I’d frankly usually prefer to rdp into a Remote Desktop over use their mobile app.

[–] Prathas@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

But what if you don't have a machine turned on at the time, or don't have the means nor willingness for a server setup? That's when a Droid app becomes indispensable, and that's why I personally deal with the downfalls of Collabora to at least have that capability.

[–] socphoenix@midwest.social 1 points 3 weeks ago

Sure and my gripe small as it is is about the DESKTOP app. I don’t see a reason for what feels like libreoffice but worse on the desktop when there are already so many better apps for desktops.

[–] gustofwind@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I’m 99% sure it’s just for looking something like msoffice