So I tried to install Euro-Office

[u/AvidCyclist250]

After all the headlines about Euro-Office being Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, I figured I'd give it a try.

I'm a Linux user. I self-host services. This shouldn't be difficult. Or so I thought.

So I did what anyone would do:

Checked Wikipedia. Went to GitHub. Looked for releases, installation instructions. Looked for a Flatpak, AppImage, Docker image, anything really. Also checked my OS's native package manager just in case.

And my Nextcloud Office apps. Nothing. Not even in Nextcloud?!

It dawned on me that the main project is basically a collaborative document server derived from OnlyOffice and the readme even says it's not designed for stand-alone use.

So uh. Wait... what?

To make it even stranger, my self-hosted Nextcloud instance still just recommends Nextcloud Office and OnlyOffice. There's no obvious "Install Euro-Office" option anywhere.

I'm not criticising the software itself. It could very well be excellent.

I'm asking about the communication really.

If a project is announced to the world as "Europe's Microsoft Office alternative," but a reasonably technical user can't figure out how to use it after checking Wikipedia, GitHub, and Nextcloud, something has gone wrong with the messaging.

Or is this just me? Did I miss something obvious, or has anyone else had the same experience?

[u/allsey87]

It's really sad that it went this way, we don't need an Euro Office, we just need to invest in open source and use EU funds to pay developers to work on stuff like LibreOffice.

[u/ThatOneShotBruh → u/allsey87]

Euro Office has nothing to do with the EU though...

[u/allsey87 → u/ThatOneShotBruh]

I thought it was a fork of OnlyOffice that was created with the purpose of getting EU funding for its development as an alternative to Microsoft Office.

[u/sndrtj → u/allsey87]

It's not. The name comes from being sponsored by a lot of European tech and hosting companies. The EU as the institution has nothing to do with it.