It’s for my mother, who so far cannot stand LibreOffice.

  • Panda (he/him)
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    7 months ago

    While I personally love LibreOffice, I get why your mom might not. It’s super easy:

    1. Download and install Office
    2. run irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex in Powershell and follow the instructions
    3. Profit!

    What doesn’t she like about LibreOffice, out of curiosity? It’s easy to make the layout like Office (View > User Interface > Tabbed) if that’s her problem - I felt the exact same way, but the second I found out I could do that, I never went back.

    • dream_weasel
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      67 months ago

      What’s this do? Been linux only for like 12 years and don’t keep up with office

      • @[email protected]
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        217 months ago

        Massgrave is a tool that can create legit (oem) keys for windows and office out of thin air*

        • it’s not literally creating them from nothing, it’s using a system Ms themselves run to get working keys. Evidently they don’t have a huge problem with it.
        • @[email protected]
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          87 months ago

          Turns out the powershell step is enough to get 97% of users to shell out cash.

          And also, the biggest source of revenue is institutions who either will pay for the enterprise license, or can be sued for a good payday if they try to pirate.

          • @[email protected]
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            57 months ago

            I would pay to not use PowerShell, but I’m a Linux user so I don’t need to :)

            • Liforra
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              17 months ago

              Why not use powershell on linux :)

          • @[email protected]
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            17 months ago

            I don’t even understand why, it literally easier to crack, no need for an account

            • @[email protected]
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              117 months ago

              It literally easier to crack

              It is not easier for almost every human on the planet.

    • Lad
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      67 months ago

      Done this a while ago for my brother who needed Office for work but isn’t as tech minded as I am. It’s honestly a fantastic tool, kudos to the creator!

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        7 months ago

        Man everyone I work with uses PDF and I have to do some janky shit to fill it out and sign it. Not that I would want docx either…