To its credit, the LO software installer retraced all its steps to completely reverse the installation process to status quo ante – something commercial programs might fail to do. So I downloaded the file again (another 20 or so minutes with my slow-ish Internet connection). Same thing after clicking the “try again” button. When I went to install LibreOffice on my shiny new laptop with Windows 8, the file appeared to download fine, but after I started to install, I got a message that the installation could not proceed due to a corrupted file. They both have installers for Microsoft Windows and both are designed to work with Windows 8. The Apache Foundation also makes it easy to find here. The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice here. I’ve previously used both LibreOffice (LO) and Apache OpenOffice (AOO), so I wasn’t expecting any problems. In this case, it was harder than expected. My first challenge was installing LibreOffice and Apache OpenOffice. The Great, Frugal Summer-Doldrums Software Experiment, Part 2Īs previously posted in Part 1, I’m experimenting with replacing Microsoft Office with other free and cheap alternatives.

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