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Selected Office applications for the Pinephone, Android phones & the Raspberry Pi zero 2 w

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Last Updated on July 1, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

hardwaresoftwareproscons
1PinephoneAbiwordusable– developement stopped 10 years ago
– flexibilty to control app over keyboard short cuts & menus is poor
2PinephoneGnumericusable– developement stopped 10 years ago
– flexibilty to control app over keyboard short cuts & menus is poor
3PinephoneWord 97– full formerly used
desktop software
– detailed
video instruction
with 3 parts
available (1*)		– developement stopped 27 years ago
– flexibilty to control app over keyboard short cuts & menus is high
4PinephoneLibreOffice– contemporary full desktop software– Not usable on the 5.5 inch Pinephone screen
– only usable on an external HDMI monitor
5Android phoneSoftmaker
Office Android app		– Offers the full desktop functionality
– still developed further
– touchable		– Softmaker Office for Linux and Windows is not free
– why to pay for an app if LibreOffice is free?
6Rasbperry Pi zero 2 wLibreOffice– Rasperry Pi OS & desktop & recommended software which can be downloaded
through Raspberry Pi imager
includes LibreOffice &
works
– A first test showed that a 7 inch screen is sufficent that LibreOffice is usable		– the zero 2 w has only 512 MB Ram
can be opimized by choosing DietPi as OS,
tweaking with ZRAM

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