Microsoft Office might be trapped behind a subscription, but OnlyOffice and LibreOffice will let you create and edit documents and spreadsheets for free.
Microsoft really doesn't want you to buy Office — here's a great free alternative - Engadget
www.engadget.com
November 3, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Microsoft Office might be trapped behind a subscription, but OnlyOffice and LibreOffice will let you create and edit documents and spreadsheets for free.
Anyone interested in sharing their experience on #OpenSuse?
Make Europe a #Microsoft-free Continent.
#Europe #EUtech #Linux #Distros
Make Europe a #Microsoft-free Continent.
#Europe #EUtech #Linux #Distros
openSUSE Leap 16.1
Learn about the openSUSE distributions and download them for free
get.opensuse.org
November 3, 2026 at 4:29 PM
It seems that the free version of Microsoft Copilot used with a business account can't search through your Microsoft files and notes.
Copilot really is an absolute clown show.
Copilot really is an absolute clown show.
November 1, 2026 at 10:02 AM
It seems that the free version of Microsoft Copilot used with a business account can't search through your Microsoft files and notes.
Copilot really is an absolute clown show.
Copilot really is an absolute clown show.
We did a migration to open source at one of my previous jobs. That was more than 20 years ago. More than 200 seats.
F Microsoft and F the goat they rode to town on. Alternatives have been around for awhile and they keep getting better.
www.libreoffice.org
F Microsoft and F the goat they rode to town on. Alternatives have been around for awhile and they keep getting better.
www.libreoffice.org
Free and private office suite, no forced AI — LibreOffice
LibreOffice is a free office suite
www.libreoffice.org
November 1, 2026 at 12:49 PM
We did a migration to open source at one of my previous jobs. That was more than 20 years ago. More than 200 seats.
F Microsoft and F the goat they rode to town on. Alternatives have been around for awhile and they keep getting better.
www.libreoffice.org
F Microsoft and F the goat they rode to town on. Alternatives have been around for awhile and they keep getting better.
www.libreoffice.org
Forcing everything into the cloud is going extremely well, I see. 👍🏼
Microsoft somehow made the worst part of buying a new PC even worse www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
Microsoft somehow made the worst part of buying a new PC even worse www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
Microsoft somehow made the worst part of buying a new PC even worse
A familiar one‑step transfer disappeared, leaving a cloud‑first backup that insists on OneDrive uploads and tiny free space.
www.makeuseof.com
November 2, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Forcing everything into the cloud is going extremely well, I see. 👍🏼
Microsoft somehow made the worst part of buying a new PC even worse www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
Microsoft somehow made the worst part of buying a new PC even worse www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
Microsoft Office might be trapped behind a subscription, but OnlyOffice and LibreOffice will let you create and edit documents and spreadsheets for free.
Microsoft really doesn't want you to buy Office — here's a great free alternative - Engadget
www.engadget.com
October 31, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Microsoft Office might be trapped behind a subscription, but OnlyOffice and LibreOffice will let you create and edit documents and spreadsheets for free.
It's 2026, I've been writing all evening in Word (yeah, I hate it but have to for this book project), and it won't let me copy the text, save the document (it claims my disk is full; I have a free half TB) or even save a new test document.
This never would've happened if we'd just stuck with Emacs.
This never would've happened if we'd just stuck with Emacs.
November 3, 2026 at 4:22 AM
It's 2026, I've been writing all evening in Word (yeah, I hate it but have to for this book project), and it won't let me copy the text, save the document (it claims my disk is full; I have a free half TB) or even save a new test document.
This never would've happened if we'd just stuck with Emacs.
This never would've happened if we'd just stuck with Emacs.
🔗 Free but mandatory registration : forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
November 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
🔗 Free but mandatory registration : forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...
EVENT Pre-Adventure X WGGB game writing networking event. 18.00-20.00 6th November.
In London and free on Friday? The @writersguildgb.bsky.social is hosting an interactive gathering on Friday night .
forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
In London and free on Friday? The @writersguildgb.bsky.social is hosting an interactive gathering on Friday night .
forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Microsoft Forms
forms.cloud.microsoft
November 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
EVENT Pre-Adventure X WGGB game writing networking event. 18.00-20.00 6th November.
In London and free on Friday? The @writersguildgb.bsky.social is hosting an interactive gathering on Friday night .
forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
In London and free on Friday? The @writersguildgb.bsky.social is hosting an interactive gathering on Friday night .
forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
If the torygraph was doing well it would not have been up for sale for so long
And Microsoft rewards would not keep pushing me to take out a free 12 month subscription.
And Microsoft rewards would not keep pushing me to take out a free 12 month subscription.
November 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
If the torygraph was doing well it would not have been up for sale for so long
And Microsoft rewards would not keep pushing me to take out a free 12 month subscription.
And Microsoft rewards would not keep pushing me to take out a free 12 month subscription.
Microsoft offers free clean-up for inactive Agent IDs by @danielbradley.bsky.social
https://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-offers-free-clean-up-for-inactive-agent-ids/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter
https://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-offers-free-clean-up-for-inactive-agent-ids/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter
Microsoft offers free clean-up for inactive Agent IDs by @danielbradley.bsky.social
Enable Microsoft's free Entra Agent ID inactivity policy without premium licences. Notify owners, disable stale identities and exclude seasonal agents.
ourcloudnetwork.com
November 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Microsoft offers free clean-up for inactive Agent IDs by @danielbradley.bsky.social
https://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-offers-free-clean-up-for-inactive-agent-ids/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter
https://ourcloudnetwork.com/microsoft-offers-free-clean-up-for-inactive-agent-ids/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=newsletter
also: google docs, slides, and sheets are free. microsoft 365 isn't. and with most students on chromebooks, libre office isn't a solution for most school districts either. (tho i did switch to libre office on my work pc when my district dropped microsoft 365 subscriptions for 95% of the staff)
November 3, 2026 at 6:40 PM
also: google docs, slides, and sheets are free. microsoft 365 isn't. and with most students on chromebooks, libre office isn't a solution for most school districts either. (tho i did switch to libre office on my work pc when my district dropped microsoft 365 subscriptions for 95% of the staff)
This has always been Google’s long game. They gave away tons of tools for free to embed themselves in school ecosystems. This creates lifelong customers in students and now they’re using this leverage to force schools to use technology that is not in the best interest of kids.
“The company’s new strategy underscores Google’s powerful role in American education. If school leaders want continued student access to search within the company’s ecosystem, they will be forced to embrace Google’s A.I.”
November 3, 2026 at 4:05 PM
That's why when I got a new computer I uploaded FREE Libre Office. A weight off my mind and wallet to never download Microsoft again.
November 1, 2026 at 2:33 PM
That's why when I got a new computer I uploaded FREE Libre Office. A weight off my mind and wallet to never download Microsoft again.
How to free your email from the clutches of Google or Microsoft
Discussion | hackernews | Author: rpgbr
#Privacy
Discussion | hackernews | Author: rpgbr
#Privacy
How to free your email from the clutches of Google or Microsoft
One of the first steps for anyone setting out to reduce their dependence on Big Tech is moving their email away from Google or Microsoft. I tried two indie providers, Purelymail e Migadu…
manualdousuario.net
October 31, 2026 at 3:31 PM
How to free your email from the clutches of Google or Microsoft
Discussion | hackernews | Author: rpgbr
#Privacy
Discussion | hackernews | Author: rpgbr
#Privacy
Bingo.
The fact Google, Microsoft, et al are zealously trying to force people to use AI is ample evidence it's a useless product. No one has to be compelled to use something (especially a free something) that has self-evident value.
If AI was any use, people would be demanding it.
They aren't.
The fact Google, Microsoft, et al are zealously trying to force people to use AI is ample evidence it's a useless product. No one has to be compelled to use something (especially a free something) that has self-evident value.
If AI was any use, people would be demanding it.
They aren't.
Nothing says "We have a good and useful product that people love and are clamoring for" like using mafia-style shakedowns to extort schools into using your product, amirite?
Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that ban A.I. for kids.
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/u...
November 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Bingo.
The fact Google, Microsoft, et al are zealously trying to force people to use AI is ample evidence it's a useless product. No one has to be compelled to use something (especially a free something) that has self-evident value.
If AI was any use, people would be demanding it.
They aren't.
The fact Google, Microsoft, et al are zealously trying to force people to use AI is ample evidence it's a useless product. No one has to be compelled to use something (especially a free something) that has self-evident value.
If AI was any use, people would be demanding it.
They aren't.
Smart strategy!
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia can’t keep funding the AI bubble forever. Why not get rich democratic nation states to fund them instead.
Reading this after reading the Nerd Reich was disturbing. The techbros despise democracy anyway.
netcompany.com/ai-can-free-...
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia can’t keep funding the AI bubble forever. Why not get rich democratic nation states to fund them instead.
Reading this after reading the Nerd Reich was disturbing. The techbros despise democracy anyway.
netcompany.com/ai-can-free-...
AI can free up significant time in Norway's public sector | Netcompany Institute
Report - AI could free working time equivalent to 96,000 FTEs in Norway’s public sector in 2035. Turning the government’s ambition for all public bodies to use AI by 2030 into gains on this scale requ...
netcompany.com
November 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
Smart strategy!
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia can’t keep funding the AI bubble forever. Why not get rich democratic nation states to fund them instead.
Reading this after reading the Nerd Reich was disturbing. The techbros despise democracy anyway.
netcompany.com/ai-can-free-...
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nvidia can’t keep funding the AI bubble forever. Why not get rich democratic nation states to fund them instead.
Reading this after reading the Nerd Reich was disturbing. The techbros despise democracy anyway.
netcompany.com/ai-can-free-...
my guesses were "Free Palestine" or "Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza" so wow i was WAY off
November 3, 2026 at 4:15 PM
my guesses were "Free Palestine" or "Microsoft is perhaps the most complicit tech company in Israel’s illegal occupation, apartheid regime and ongoing genocide against 2.3 million Palestinians in Gaza" so wow i was WAY off
What luck (and foresight) that I haven't needed Microsoft for over 20 years.
www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
Microsoft somehow made the worst part of buying a new PC even worse
A familiar one‑step transfer disappeared, leaving a cloud‑first backup that insists on OneDrive uploads and tiny free space.
www.makeuseof.com
November 2, 2026 at 1:58 PM
What luck (and foresight) that I haven't needed Microsoft for over 20 years.
www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
www.makeuseof.com/microsoft-ma...
I don't use it much anymore either, but as long as I'm employed, I'm stuck with Microsoft.
I'm retiring in March, so I'll be free of it soon!
I'm retiring in March, so I'll be free of it soon!
November 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
I don't use it much anymore either, but as long as I'm employed, I'm stuck with Microsoft.
I'm retiring in March, so I'll be free of it soon!
I'm retiring in March, so I'll be free of it soon!
Blazor now welcomes open-source contributions from Syncfusion.
#indiedev #fusion #gamedevelopment #gamedev
#indiedev #fusion #gamedevelopment #gamedev
Blazor Welcomes Open-Source Contributions from Syncfusion - .NET Blog
Microsoft and Syncfusion are collaborating on Blazor through a free, open-source component toolkit, framework contributions, and developer tooling.
devblogs.microsoft.com
October 31, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Blazor now welcomes open-source contributions from Syncfusion.
#indiedev #fusion #gamedevelopment #gamedev
#indiedev #fusion #gamedevelopment #gamedev
Microsoft Security Research has identified a fake-download campaign targeting users searching for cracked commercial software, free games, plugins, and other utilities to distribute trojanized installers that can monetize compromised devices in three different ways: msft.it/63328a4ufY
Fake-download campaign uses trojanized installers to deliver monetization payloads | Microsoft Security Blog
Microsoft Threat Intelligence tracks a fake-download campaign that uses trojanized Inno installers to deliver multiple monetization offers and provides detection and investigation guidance across the complete installer session.
msft.it
November 3, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Microsoft Security Research has identified a fake-download campaign targeting users searching for cracked commercial software, free games, plugins, and other utilities to distribute trojanized installers that can monetize compromised devices in three different ways: msft.it/63328a4ufY
Jak osvobodit svůj e-mail ze spárů Googlu (Gmail) nebo Microsoftu (Outlook)
Článek How to free your email from the clutches of Google (Gmail) or Microsoft (Outlook) se zabývá tím, jak se osvobodit od e-mailových služeb velkých technologických společností, jako jsou Google (Gmail) a Microsoft…
Článek How to free your email from the clutches of Google (Gmail) or Microsoft (Outlook) se zabývá tím, jak se osvobodit od e-mailových služeb velkých technologických společností, jako jsou Google (Gmail) a Microsoft…
Jak osvobodit svůj e-mail ze spárů Googlu (Gmail) nebo Microsoftu (Outlook)
Článek How to free your email from the clutches of Google (Gmail) or Microsoft (Outlook) se zabývá tím, jak se osvobodit od e-mailových služeb velkých technologických společností, jako jsou Google (Gmail) a Microsoft (Outlook). Autor upozorňuje, že i když je proces přechodu na jiného poskytovatele e-mailu jednoduchý, většina lidí je zvyklá na pohodlí těchto velkých služeb, což je odvádí od pochopení, jak e-mail funguje.
pepikhipik.com
November 3, 2026 at 10:32 AM
Jak osvobodit svůj e-mail ze spárů Googlu (Gmail) nebo Microsoftu (Outlook)
Článek How to free your email from the clutches of Google (Gmail) or Microsoft (Outlook) se zabývá tím, jak se osvobodit od e-mailových služeb velkých technologických společností, jako jsou Google (Gmail) a Microsoft…
Článek How to free your email from the clutches of Google (Gmail) or Microsoft (Outlook) se zabývá tím, jak se osvobodit od e-mailových služeb velkých technologických společností, jako jsou Google (Gmail) a Microsoft…
Microsoft plans to raise $25 billion in debt as it pursues AI buildout
Microsoft plans to raise $25 billion in debt as it pursues AI buildout
Microsoft boasts a strong credit rating and has managed to maintain positive free cash flow, unlike Meta, Alphabet and Amazon.
cnb.cx
October 30, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Microsoft plans to raise $25 billion in debt as it pursues AI buildout