foss — LowEndSpirit https://staging.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/ Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:39:12 +0000 en foss — LowEndSpirit Weekend poll: do you donate or contribute to free/open source iniatives? https://staging.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/5003/weekend-poll-do-you-donate-or-contribute-to-free-open-source-iniatives Sat, 03 Dec 2022 11:25:25 +0000 General Nekki 5003@/index.php?p=/discussions Inspired by @bliss comment at https://lowendspirit.com/discussion/comment/113155#Comment_113155, I’m curious to know if any of you donate or contribute to free/open source initiatives and if so, how often.

I’m talking about both software/apps and web sites/services. Let me know in the comments what you donate or contribute to.

]]> Browser based Libreoffice https://staging.lowendspirit.com/index.php?p=/discussion/3819/browser-based-libreoffice Wed, 02 Mar 2022 05:02:55 +0000 General vyas 3819@/index.php?p=/discussions They use something called LOWA.

https://www.makeuseof.com/use-libreoffice-in-web-browser/

Bring it on, Mr. Lowa Lowa….

Though personally I am not sure why I should download a 300 MB install in my browser cache (?). Plus, NC (or Yunohost) allow me to do the same. As Collabora.

Edit 1: also Onlyoffice as mentioned by @sanvit below.

So what really is the utility of web based Libreoffice? Is it a case of too little, too late ?

(I use LO in offline mode extensively)

Edit2: the 300 MB download does take time! 10 minutes and counting on my 200 Mbps connection. Even turned off VPN. Interesting that the status says

Qt for WebAssembly: soffice

soffice.bin (from the Staroffice era) brings back fond memories link to my blogpost

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