To use Abword, Gnumeric or LibreOffice on the Pinephone?

Last Updated on June 14, 2024 by pg@petergamma.org

To share data to a Ubuntu PC from a Pinephone over the external SD card should be possible:

And folder sharing saves the NextCloudPi:

https://forum.pine64.org/showthread.php?tid=18080

This are solution when you are looking for a cloud-free privacy phone to store your personal data.

But what about office mobile?

  • Some recommend VIM for the Pinephone.
  • Some recommend Abiword & Gnumeric.
  • Peter Gamma from www.petergamma.org has tested Abiword and Gnumeric on the Pinephone, and both work fine.
  • Abiword is also available for Windows and Linux desktop PCs.

But Abiword and Gnumeric are limited. They are not developed further since 10 years, when LibreOffice was released. A main issue is for instance the lack of a lot of keyboard short cuts which would be very helpful to control these applications on a phone.

If we want a more powerful office solution on the Pinephone, it is eventually worth to try the following solution with LibreOffice:

Before you use Emacs on the Pinephone:

Try the above solution with LibreOffice. The first version of Emacs was released later in 1985, LibreOffice 10 years ago.

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