@onlinepersona@programming.dev
2026-10-12 04:05 UTC
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@einkorn@feddit.org 2026-10-12 04:07
The latter
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@scallisto@retrofed.com 2026-10-12 04:18
Apparently it looks identical to MS Office, so it isn’t “better” than MS Office or LibreOffice in a functional sense (arguably less so since it’s probably very buggy code) I wouldn’t say it’s people (normal people would be using MS Office or LibreOffice most likely) excited that it’s LLM generated, though some AI Bros probably are, I imagine some outlets are promoting this to sell whatever the new model is these days. And when there is a lot of news around a topic, it’s covered by more and more people (something about all press is good press here)
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@OwOarchist@pawb.social 2026-10-12 05:58
The exciting part is using AI to decompile closed-source software, which could potentially enable you to change it and run your own custom version of it. Imagine, say, doing that with Windows and turning off all the hardcoded telemetry.
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@BladeFederation@piefed.social 2026-10-12 14:07
Nobody wants to use Microsoft specifically. But that’s what they’re used to. And that’s what the industry standard is. LibreOffice does not prioritize compatibility with Microsoft Office formats. LibreOffice has tabbed mode which feels a bit more like “home”, but for some reason is missing options on this Ui view. That’s why people are interested. If it looks exactly like Microsoft Office and is 100% compatible with Microsoft Office formats without having to use a Microsoft product, that is a win. Will it be possible to maintain since it was so heavily vibe coded? That remains to be seen. But let’s not pretend that open source projects are just as good or better in every way. LibreOffice is a lot closer than most, but Gimp is no Photoshop, for example. As much as I respect both LibreOffice and Gimp.