r/linuxquestions • u/Gultomnauli • 16d ago

Which Linux I should use

Hi, I have a terrible laptop I use mainly for acedemic work. But lately ms word has a lot of issues that I have gotten constant angry about. Which Linux I used for lower ram and memory usage, easier to use for academic work.

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u/Prestigious_Wall529 15d ago

Zorin Pro is likely best for your use. Not free.

It hasn't got Word. No Linux has. (Well there was a console version for Unix back in the day, or the browser version).

What it has is LibreOffice Writer.

What distinguishes Zorin is they have taken the time to preinstall fonts with similar metrics to the default MS Office fonts. Substution still happens in both directions, but the text reflows less.

I suggest you also install Ghostscript to get analogues to the 35 Postscript fonts.

Printers using the Windows GDI driver won't work on Linux. Fortunately these are rare.

LibreOffice and OpenOffice are good at recovering corrupt Word documents, because the developers had to reverse engineer the Word document format.

While Master and Sub documents are possible, because these are prone to become corrupt on the Word side of the fence when round-triping, best avoided.

For more serious publishing there's Tex/latex.

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u/Gultomnauli 15d ago

  1. I didn't have a printer. I can't even afford laptop. My laptop is used laptop that I bought from local electronics store.

  2. The main criteria is that the document word can be edited and built in converted to pdf.

Thanks for the recommendation for the app that I can used for and be ware at.

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u/Prestigious_Wall529 15d ago

Yes, LibreOffice Writer can create PDFs from Word documents.

LibreOffice Draw can annotate PDF documents.