I first saw this on reddit, but I figured it would be good to make sure that this also stays accessible on another platform
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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I would not really recommend LaTeX or any of those other programs just for writing student papers. LaTeX is for academic papers and it's pretty cumbersome and technical to learn, it would be very very extra to use it for writing just like your random freshman comp paper. I'm not sure why that list doesn't have LibreOffice or OpenOffice or whatever.
We’re not all first-year undergrads. Writing your PhD thesis? Sure, have a look at LaTeX. Also, the list has both of those office suites at the top. It’s a long list, but sometimes that is good when you are looking for alternatives.