Thread 24841594

I need an electornic word processor that
>cannot EVER connect to the internet
>can manage, import, and export text files via usb
>has little to no other function
There's too much shit on my laptop to distract me from writing. I realize there's pen and paper but I don't want to have to rewrite everything I've already written. Any recommendations?

rip out the network card and run a terminal only linux distro, use VIM

find any old windows laptop, rip out network card, and install a pirated copy of microsoft word

>>24841672
This. Doubt that it's that expensive to do so either.

>>24841594 (OP)
Is Libreoffice not suffice?

>>24841897
I don't mean word processing software, I mean a machine or device that is a word processor or has word processing capability.

>>24842003
Yes and my question is is Libreoffice not suffice?

>>24841594 (OP)
install gentoo

>>24841897
tbqh no it kinda sucks

I like Ghostwriter, only downside is it displays your stats for each writing session. It's like it wants to rub it in my face that I've been "writing" for 8 hours and I've barely gotten 500 words down.

>>24842044
Expunge cunt

I’m sure you can get that digital typewriter thing used on eBay at this point, it’s been out for enough time and all writers are failures who give up

>install a bare-bones linux distro alongside your main OS
>tty only, no GUI whatsoever
>install vim, emacs, wordgrinder, or whatever else you want to write with
>install a dictionary
>change the terminal font face, and size to be more readable
>install something that allows you to sync your files to google drive, dropbox, mega, etc
>install something like a w3m, or wikipedia2text for researching on the fly
>maybe install cmus, or something so you can listen to music while you write, if that's your thing

It only takes minor effort to set up a dual-boot system like this, with a tty only linux distro alongside your main Linux, Mac or Windows OS. When I boot into my "writing system" I literally have to restart my computer if I want to boot into my main OS to do any web browsing or whatever. The real learning curve is learning the ins and outs of your new text editor. WordGrinder is probably the easiest, and doesn't require any customization. It's an actual word processor for the terminal, not a text editor. It's pretty much a linux version of WordStar, the old school DOS processor that that faggot in the silly hat uses. George R Martin or whatever his name is. Vim and Emacs are much more powerful, but there's a steep learning curve, and you'll need to customize the environment to make it more suitable for prose writing.

I use Debian, and I think it's probably the most suitable distribution for this purpose.

Picrel I some random's terminal rice, for an example of what can be accomplished without a graphical interface.

>>24842178
Here's a list of software I found in my notes when I was first researching this.

# TTY-Only Linux Install: Software List

## Editors
- **vim** — text editor
- **nano** — simple text editor
- **wordgrinder** — minimalist terminal word processor

## File Manager
- **vifm** — Vim-like dual-pane file manager

## Terminal Multiplexer
- **tmux** — session manager with scrollback and panes

## Sync & Cloud
- **megacmd** — MEGA command-line client
- **rsync** — file sync and backup

## Console Setup
- **kbd** — keyboard layouts, console fonts, and colors
- **console-setup** — font and keyboard setup during boot

## Research & Productivity Tools
- **lynx** — text web browser
- **alpine** — simple, user-friendly email client
- **calcurse** — calendar and tasks
- **hget** — render websites in plain text
- **dict**, **wn** — dictionary and thesaurus
- **pandoc** — document converter
- **poppler-utils** — pdf text extraction (pdftotext)
- **mupdf-tools** — CLI tools for PDF extraction and info (mutool, mudraw)
- **epub2txt** — convert EPUB ebooks to plain text
- **fbreader** — CLI ebook reader
- **wikipedia2text** — fetch and display Wikipedia articles as plain text
- **wordplay** — word puzzle and vocabulary tool
- **googler** — search Google from the terminal
- **trans** — CLI google translate
- **gemini** - gemini-cli client
- **timewarrior** — CLI time-tracking tool
- **pomodoro** — pomodoro timer
- **taskwarrior** — task management
- **cmtimer** — Clean CLI countdown timer and stopwatch
- **proselint** — linter for prose: style suggestions, clichés, etc.
- **diction** — analyzes English style and wordiness
- **reclip** — CLI clipboard manager for tmux
- **lowdown** — markdown parser and renderer
- **mapscii** — CLI map viewer

## System Tools
- **htop** — process viewer
- **ncdu** — disk usage analyzer
- **fzf** — fuzzy finder
- **curl**, **wget** — download files
- **most**, **batcat** — pagers
- **ripgrep** — recursive search
- **fd** — find alternative
- **tldr** — simplified man pages
- **git** — version control
- **entr** — poor man's inotify
- **remind** — advanced reminder system, calendar scripting, popups, etc.
- **look** - look up words that contain a certain string from a dictionary list

## Stuff for TUI Customization
- **tty-clock** — simple large clock for TTY
- **arttime** — ASCII art/timer utility
- **fortune** — random jokes or quotes for your terminal
- **cowsay** — talking cows and friends
- **cowthink** — cowsay’s cousin, ASCII cow with thought bubbles
- **pipes.sh** — mesmerizing animated pipes running through your terminal
- **asciiquarium** — fish swimming in ASCII art aquarium
- **cmatrix** — matrix code rain animation in terminal
- **aafire** — ASCII fire animation
- **toilet** — ASCII text banners with filters and effects

Picrel is some random anon's vim customization for prose writing.

>>24842003
you'll pay out the ass for that.

you can turn any $20 old laptop into a dedicated writing environment fairly simply, if you;'re not retarded and know how to read and use a search engine.

>>24842191
>cowsay

>>24842191
Will it ever be explained to me why LibreOffice is not suffice

>>24842398
shut the fuck up and learn English and maybe we'll get back to you

>>24842411
I'll explain, my retarded friend.

OP said his problem was one of discipline and willpower. He's too easily distracted. He wants a device that has nothing else but a writing environment so that he won't have the temptation to check email, or browse 4chan.

The software you suggested runs alongside email clients and web browsers, and disabling network connectivity is easily reversed. Therefore your suggestion is stupid and you're a faggot.

Hope this helps.

>>24842436
Replied to the wrong anon

>>24842442
If it is not readily apparent to you then there is no point in my explaining further. Go back to your anime and Pynchon novels.

>>24842436
If you can't even be assed to not waste time on 4chan when researching you're not going to gruel out hundreds of thousands of words—beautiful and dramatic. Give up.

>>24842552
I will porridge out hundreds of thousands of words—you'll see

>>24842557
Then why are you wasting your time building a Linux stack when you could be making notes? Thinking and feeling the next piece?

>>24842572
Holy shit get a life you sad sack of shit

>>24841594 (OP)
I used to use my old laptop and just right click, make a txt file, and type whatever ideas I had and then put them on a usb stick when I was done. My old laptop is connected to the internet though so I'm gonna have to check if my old copy of Windows notepad did that stupid update to have AI in it, I hope not.

Random, but does anyone know if theirs a good program like this for someone running puppy linux? I have another old laptop that I have literally only been able get puppy linux to run on so if theirs good software for it please let me know.

>>24842583
This isn't high school anon, hiding behind insults will not work. You are a failed writer. Make something of yourself as a man first.

do you niggas really do 8 hour writing sessions? jesus christ if i could get off the drugs and write that much id have both these novels done and a book deal by now

>>24841594 (OP)
Make a bootable usb stick of a linux distro that isn't compatible with your wifi card

>>24842623
getting off drugs is when you realize the problem is you and not the drugs and the real darkness starts

>>24842659
i know, i write about it all the time. the latest being how ive been using for so long drugs have become a critical part of my memories like another sibling

emac

>>24842572
it takes like 15 minutes to install linux, vim and whatever else you want.

>>24841644
fpbp

>>24842676
VIM >> emac

>>24842743
good thing emacs can run vim

>>24842756
bloat and crippling arthritis of the hands aren't my thing

>>24841594 (OP)
Bootable Linux on a usb. Disconnect from the network.

>>24841594 (OP)
I had a friend in college that always said he was super into hiking and camping, but despite this being in Maine he never actually went

It turned out he was actually really into the idea of camping. He liked researching spots, reading about and buying the latest gear, fantasizing about it. He'd spend hours arguing online about carabiner fail rates. His "next trip out" was always coming just after the next piece of gear arrived, and no earlier.

Anon, the point is this: your request is very stupid. A 10yo child can think of a dozen ways to take an existing computer setup and get it exactly to how you'd want it.

But you're not looking for that, are you? You want a piece of gear. You're looking for a product around $1,000 with a name like Cogitate that looks like a 2012 Macbook Pro crossed with a typewriter. You're struggling to do any work and you've identified this as the solution, that once you own it all your problems solve themselves and you're a writer.

That's not how it works. Your problems don't exist. Said a better way, the problem is inside your head, and trying to map it onto something external so that you can purchase the fix for it is a trap.

If you just like the idea of writing instead of being a writer, fine. Purchase the Cogitate. However, if you really want to solve your problem you need to look inside and go from there.

>>24844311
Once again Becomingcels are called out on their shit by Being Chads

>>24844311
>the idea of camping
wut

You people will do anything but write on pen and paper

>>24844311
>>24844377
OP here. I have written and published two novels. You're just being a snarky unhelpful faggot. Go back.
>>24844575
>pen and paper
I write on pen and paper all the time. But I implore you to read my post again, more carefully this time, you faggot retard.

>>24844621
>written and published
Means nothing. Either your a self published nobody or a read published faggot. And no there is no way for you to win, you’ve lost by playing the game.

>>24844621
But being a snarky unhelpful faggot is actually standard on 4chan. If you want some kiss-ass, informative and helpful reply you should probably go back yourself, friendo.

There is something between a computer and pen and paper. A typer writer my yn.

Just get a Pomera

>>24841594 (OP)
Get a offline laptop and use emacs as your windows manager on Linux. Distraction free, pure text

>>24841594 (OP)
come home white man...

>>24844621
>But I implore you to read my post again, more carefully this time, you faggot retard.
i've read the post and you are just dumb,if i had your problem i wouldnt make a post since i can think of many solutions on my own but chances are i could still find distraction be it my phone or whatever,your best bet is buying a manual typewriter then renting a cabin in the wood where theres no cellphone signal or internet and only return home when you are done writing and run every page through an OCR.

>>24841594 (OP)
you need self control retard op

>>24841672
>find any old windows laptop
is there anywhere where you can get a free discarded laptop?

>>24841644
>>24841672
Problem with ripping out network cards is that it makes it impossible to back up your shit remotely with any kind of ease.

I think your best bet is to just to unplug your modem during work hours and hide it in a way that is inconvenient to set up again.

>>24844311
What did he mean by "he liked the idea of camping but not camping"

>>24848222
the poster is projecting. he means he wanted to be a writer but realized he doesn't actually like writing, and now we all have to pay for it by reading his shitposts.

you could get a cheap chromebook that is too shit to do much other than using their bloatware apps and just never connect it to the internet after install

>>24841594 (OP)
>There's too much shit on my laptop to distract me from writing.
Are you a child?

>>24848383
many such cases

Use OpenBSD with ed. All linux installs will connect to the internet if you use vim or emacs on them. Do not connect or disconnect a USB with plug in play.

>>24841594 (OP)
you wanna buy my acer laptop? it does all those things without trying

>>24844621
He was definitely being snarky and psychoanalyzing you which is cringe but you sound incompetent to be asking such a stupid question with such a simple answer for what is probably a stupid reason. People who can't trust themselves with the internet are operating on a lower level of consciousness like a fatty who gets an invasive gastric bypass surgery instead of simply putting the fork down.

>>24848811
nigga you're shitposting on 4chan right now, don't pretend like we're not living in an age of distraction and that internet addiction isn't a thing you smug holier than thou faggot

>>24841594 (OP)
/g/tard here. My suggestion would be buy a shitty old laptop with a LAN port and rip out the wifi chip. You get to have your cake and eat it too because if you really do need to connect to the internet (lost your USB and need to upload to Google drive or something) you can just plug in to a router yet you'll be distraction free the rest of the time. Optionally install a minimal os like lubuntu or windows 7.

>>24841594 (OP)
I'm surprised nobody brought up Alphasmart yet. There used to be a resident Alphasmart shill on lit. Whatever happened to him?

>>24841594 (OP)
I have a gripe that doesn’t deserve its own thread.
Why the fuck do word processors still suck? My computer is 30% or so better each year. My current computer is so much more powerful than my 10 year old computer that the old one is junk. They launch their word processors as fast. It handles saving and file changes as fast. I vaguely remember computers of 25 years ago. They were as fast.

WHAT THE FLYING FUCK
Are they mining buttcoin on the back end?

>>24842666
Take some more and stfu

>>24849302
Good old software rot. Speed of use also isn't a design goal anymore.

>>24849302
I'm a programmer and when I was still in corporate I got a lot of pressure to release shit software quickly. The only solution anon if if you stop paying for shit software, as long as you give those goons at microsoft money no matter what add-ridden garbage piece of shit they put on the plate it'll never be better. I'm not even a open source / libre software fanatic or anything but trust me if you're willing to put aside a week to figure out a new system you'll save yourself months of frustration. Also very interesting talk on the topic by J.Blow https://youtu.be/ZSRHeXYDLko?si=eaIAtjzy-kdA2U4a

Steve Erikson wrote gardens of the moon in a Psion 5 mx

Use ed on openbsd. Ed is a line editor so it works just like a typewriter. Openbsd won't connect to the internet without your concent. Don't use USB for file transfers because they have integrated network chips on them that send your files to the Korea, but use CD drives instead. With text you don't need the awesome storage capability of USB or the much less impressive but also slower and more annoying to manage and cloud storage. Openbsd is essentially functionless, it doesn't even come with a web browser.

>>24849390
speak when spoken to

>>24841594 (OP)
Emacs

Don't use emacs or vim on a device that can't connect to the internet because you will open a portal which gets embedded into network chips in your machine to stream all input data to the internet. Openbsd ships with mg, and if you must use Linux for some reason just use standard vi or nano. But for your purposes (non programmer) ed is the best option by far.

>>24844689
>>24849292
>>24849566
I hate how all of these have tiny screens. Seems extremely uncomfortable.

>>24849852
you're insane and ed sucks.. it's not suitable as a word processor at all

>>24849859
imagine trying to edit or move a paragraph on these things

>>24849918
If you need a computer to "process words" for you, maybe you should stick to short form video content with TTS voiceovers. Ed is phenomenal for what it's made for, writing and moving text around.

>>24849852
can confirm, my emacs install started transliterating my inputs into latin and playing them over my speakers after about a week of offline use

I just write on an old laptop I never connected to wifi, the only program running is notepad. The battery seems to be dying but idc.

Nigga just get a typerwriter and fax it if you need to nothings going to be as good as that.

You’re just hyperfixating on some retard issues so you have an excuse to not write. Typewriters are fairly cheap and u can fax em if you need to or whatever tf

>>24842178
>>24842191
Holy shit this is hilarious, lazy retards will do anything except sit down and actually write lmao

>>24850358
Yep. They externalize their flaws. Such people will never be successful.

>>24842178
honestly at this point just use this setup as a virtual machine. SInce it has no GUI it wont need much resources and you wont have to reboot when you'll need to do research.

>>24850473
the whole point of the setup is to avoid being able to simply open a web browser to avoid distraction.

>>24850358
>>24850364
lol stop being a pathetic samefag.. we get it, you're better than us and have superior discipline and attention spans and we're all very impressed.

>>24849652
>Openbsd is essentially functionless, it doesn't even come with a web browser.
Factually incorrect, OpenBSD is absolutely amazing and as far as open sauce operating systems go, is actually the most functional one as it has the largest featureset. Also, it comes with the lynx browser pre-installed. It's the only open sores OS you could install on the desktop and (meaningfully) use as is.
Anyways, I too would recommend using OpenBSD. Just buy a dirt cheap 15 yo stinkpad, pre x20 series or older, with the seven row keyboard, throw puffer on it and just use it as a dedicated writing device. While you could *technically* do everything on that machine, it'd be incredibly tedious and annoying and it would feel, as the other anon said, functionless.

>>24841594 (OP)
Don't want to risk the Feds reading your pedo romance novel that you're writing, eh, OP?

>>24850656
>you're better than us and have superior discipline and attention spans and we're all very impressed.
this but unironically

>>24850796
I run a hidden service on mine.

>>24842036
Came here to post this

>>24850936
That a cutie! Are you rolling tty only, no Xenocara? Also, why haven't you updooted :3

TeX or BibTeX. you'll learn proper typesetting as a bonus.

>>24841594 (OP)
>I need
Nah, you don't, it won't help. The problem is not your word processor, it's (you).

>>24850358
It's not laziness. Over analyzing is actually more effort. It's an aversion to failure. Being terrified of your writing turning out to be trash so you find excuses to not try.

>>24852127
the laziness lies in not sitting down to write despite those feelings.

>>24852123
Yes, and this is a thread about mitigation strategies.

>>24841594 (OP)
Have a Thinkpad T420 (pic not mine) with 8gb of ram and running Alpine Linux with the Sway window manager. Shit is so comfy writing directly into a terminal emulator. I can convert org-mode files to LaTeX files, or write directly into a template LaTeX file, and then convert that to PDF or EPUB files with one command.

And yes I am fully aware that I set all this up to escape actually having to write for a little while, but it's still fun.

>>24852141
Latex is overkill imo

and I'm mad because I setup my system in like half an hour two years ago and write on it regularly and everyone is being mean and saying I'm a lazy retard :(

>>24852145
>learned linux in half an hour
Doubt.

>>24852136
Fix yourself, not your instrument.

>>24852146
I've been using Linux since Win7 support ended.

>>24852148
yeah, just that simple

>>24841594 (OP)
I would recommend OpenBSD with the ed text editor. Rather than USB I would recommend using an internal optical drive with CD-RW storage discs.

>>24852323
for those of you who find linux and vim way too practical

God these are all awful for the OPs suggestion

>>24841594 (OP)
Alphasmart.

3000, Neo, any number of their models. They are an electronic typewriter. When you are done typing you hit two keystrokes after plugging it into a computer and opening a word processor and it will dump the characters into the program.

>>24849292
>>24852663
I'm not that shill but I learned to type on one of these and a keyboard. In the era of AI typing seems kind of useless when you can dictate so reliably or OCR a typewriter if you want to get the clicky clacky typing feeling but what can I say.

>>24852650
Using Linux practically is about as effective as getting your evening news from Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In. It works sometimes, completely in spite of the fact that it's Linux. As for vim it won't adhere to the principle of not connecting to the internet, and it's way too complicated for someone who isn't trying to learn conputer stuff. Very silly of you to complain about inpracticality and then suggest vim rather than nano or ed when OP wasn't a comp sci geek.

>>24852709
That was the fucking joke retard

>>24852724
Settle down. I have autism.

>>24852738
we know

>>24852155
>yeah, just that simple
serendipity begins when you find out it really is that simple.

>>24844869
Based

>>24841594 (OP)
Veiled Freewrite advertisement

>>24848403

I made this mistake, a Chromebook can’t use any software but there google docs trash and every single thing you ever do on a chrome book is fed into google ai.
Don’t buy a chromebook

>>24841594 (OP)
You need the Alpha Smart my man. The ole reliable of affordable 90s touch typing elementary school requirements. These babies don't connect to fuck all except through USB a/b and have excellent battery life. Make sure you grab a USB version and not a 90s version that uses whatever bizarre serial plug.

>>24841594 (OP)
This is what you need OP

>>24849566
Amazing thing is these things have like a 30 hour battery life on a pair of AAs.

>>24842191
lmao just start using ed or ed. I werks right out of the box and with other editors you'll spend more time configuring it. Why the fuck would you need cowsay or some corny-ass visualizers while writing. st is the best terminal emulator and dwm or i3 works great.

You need less, not more

>>24849566
Sounds like an amazing reason for why nobody should use a Psion 5 mx ever again.

>>24841594 (OP)
>There's too much shit on my laptop to distract me from writing.
Remove the WIFI module. Maybe even remove the ethernet port. Even go as far as removing the antennas from around the display panel.

>>24841672
imagine not using git for version control when writing

>>24855480
>ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!

>When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!! Not a “viitor”. Not a “emacsitor”. Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!

>TEXT EDITOR.

>When IBM, in its ever-present omnipotence, needed to base their “edlin” on a Unix standard, did they mimic vi? No. Emacs? Surely you jest. They chose the most karmic editor of all. The standard.

>Ed is for those who can remember what they are working on. If you are an idiot, you should use Emacs. If you are an Emacs, you should not be vi. If you use ED, you are on THE PATH TO REDEMPTION. THE SO-CALLED “VISUAL” EDITORS HAVE BEEN PLACED HERE BY ED TO TEMPT THE FAITHLESS. DO NOT GIVE IN!!! THE MIGHTY ED HAS SPOKEN!!!

>>24855357
you can get an actual royal brand new typewriter for half that price what exactly justifies them charging a grand for this shit

>>24855551
Ed, man

Man, ed blah blah blah

Ed sucks ass you tech hipsters, you don't actually use that shit quit larping

>>24841594 (OP)
I always wonder if these are bait threads. Even if you find your write-only device that is exactly the way you want it, with that little willpower you'll still go check your fucking phone every 2 minutes.
On any device you own you can enable a do not disturb mode and write.
I don't get you people. It sounds like you just want to buy a typewriter and LARP at being a writer, producing nothing.

>>24849302
>Why the fuck do word processors still suck?
I use Vim with a spell checker. It's perfect.

>>24856556
stfu and go back to writing your shitty web novel

This thread is ridiculous. Please stop being spergs... GET A TYPEWRITER, which is literally what all of you are trying to replicate with all of these nonsensical half-measures (whether you admit it or not). For fuck's sake

>>24844311
I used to listen to demoralization posts like these. Do NOT listen to this absolute retard.
>>24856556
demoralizer. RETARD

My writing output skyrocketed after I got the typer. (one novel done, 260 pages into the second novel, 80 pages into the third one, seven collections of poetry, a big stack of essays, hundreds of pages of journaling, and letters sent out to friends / family.)

It's a forcing mechanism. It forces constant forward momentum. It also forces you to think harder as you type and then COMMIT to the line - BANG! BIM BIM BIM. Instead of being a BITCH and deleting and editing shit the whole time like a COWARD.

It also helps if you keep a 9mm handgun in your desk... and a samaurai sword nearby... given to you by your schizophrenic buddy as a parting gift before he got evicted from your complex. And if you build boulder shoulders and a thick back with weighted chinups, that helps too. Also: 20 cups of black coffee a day (Voltaire drank 50), 9mg nicotine pouches, and a little plug-in radio to play music (without the internet).

inb4:
>"I don't want to have to re-write everything I've written."
Writing is re-writing.

You are not allowed to make any more excuses until you
> 1) get a typewriter
> 2) drink 50 cups of black coffee a day (like Voltaire)

The writer will not be demoralized about writing. The writer may be demoralized about everything else in the world. NOT WRITING. EVER. YOU NEVER GIVE UP. YOU NEVER SURRENDER

BUY A TYPEWRITER. DRINK TWENTY (OR MORE) CUPS OF BLACK COFFEE A DAY. PREFERABLY FIFTY.

>>24856735
i have a smith-corona but will not drink 20 cup of coffee,i was at 9 a day a year ago and im now at 3 + a tea.

>>24841594 (OP)
>There's too much shit on my laptop to distract me from writing. I realize there's pen and paper but I don't want to have to rewrite everything I've already written.
Get a typewriter. Take a picture of the pages and use OCR to copy the text and paste them into a plain-text file.

Just go back to typewriter and white out

I don't know how this thread is still up
>>24841672 this is the answer

Don't listen to linux/open source people, it is a rabbit hole that in no way profits you

Get an old thinkpad (old ass T400 series, or one of those e-waste yogas)
Install linux (mint or debian)
Ask chatgpt "how 2 disable network adapters ob linux 4 dummies" or google how to remove the network adapters from the motherboard.
Buy a dildo and shove it up your ass.
If you really need to apend money just to concentrate, you're better off getting used to meditation/breathing excercises and get your attention span

>>24847691
>back up your shit remotely
Nigger what the fuck are you talking about? Just get another hard drive.

>>24857877
>linux is a rabbit hole
True, true, but you're forgetting that most linux distros can run well on shitty old laptops (which you can get for cheap) and it's compatible with word processors like obsidian, libreoffice, onlyoffice, and whatever the fuck.
If you REALLY want a dedicated writing laptop for cheap, old corporate laptops and linux is the way to go.

Its only a rabbit hole if you're a retard who refuses to read the manuals

>>24857965
True, but I honestly cannot recommend openoffice. Maybe it's gotten better but the last time I used it to work with word files left a bad taste. A super lightweight linux distro and wine to run pirated word seems to be the best of both worlds.

>>24858005
i only use Linux, but if you're that stuck on word you're probably better off just sticking to windows

the only reason Linux was even brought up in this thread was because it can be ran without a GUI, allowing for an environment that offers no distractions. Installing wine and windows software alongside web browsers and all manners of distractions don't make sense in that context.

>>24858005
last thing I'll add is
>github dot com slash massgravel slash Microsoft-Activation-Scripts

>>24848741
>All linux installs will connect to the internet if you use vim or emacs on them
what