Bye bye, Windows 10! Microsoft is stopping support for the operating system today. If you're still using it, now is a good time to consider alternatives such as Linux, which is free and open source (like LibreOffice): https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/10/14/end-of-10-ten-reasons-to-switch-from-windows-to-linux/ @Endof10 #endof10
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yes, so changed to Linux Mint - and now Libre looks all different. the menus are almost totally unreadable - icons in very pale colours so close to impossible to see and use. wasn't like that in win.
very pale blue on light grey backlighted - I don't stand a chance
@freyaanduin @Endof10 Well, that's due to the theme that the Linux distribution chooses. At least for the icons, you can change them to something else via Tools > Options, and then Appearance > Icons.
any suggestions what to do about text looking strange - rather hard to read, too. like handwritten with ink - not even strokes. nothing similar elsewhere in other apps or menus or...
@freyaanduin @Endof10 Not sure, but it certainly shouldn't look like that. It seems that anti-aliasing is disabled somehow, but you'd need to ask the Linux Mint community about that!
got myself a 25.8.2.2 instead and fiddled with the settings once again in the fonts panel (not the LIbre one)
apparent settings are to be as shown here - the lower ones. that worked.
just if anyone else is asking
the Mint lot don't really know.
'would it help to uninstall and reinstall Libre - and if so which version?
(haven't 'moved in' yet, so won't matter much)
that's odd, cause it's ticked in 'use anti-aliasing' in libre'
I'll ask the Mint crowd
in Danish, it's in 'funktioner', indstillinger, vis - and 'colibre svg' works. settings within Libre.
thanks. it helped to know it could be changed, so I kept looking.
yes, so changed to Linux Mint - and now Libre looks all different. the menus are almost totally unreadable - icons in very pale colours so close to impossible to see and use. wasn't like that in win.
very pale blue on light grey backlighted - I don't stand a chance
@libreoffice @Endof10 of course I'm still using Windows 10, as does my wife. It has a year left of security updates still.
@libreoffice @Endof10 Unless you are using a version still supported...
@libreoffice @Endof10 Oh right, i think now it's a good time to backup my stuff and move
@libreoffice @Endof10
Or one of the BSD forks. Both OpenBSD and FreeBBSD are sufficient for all day to day needs.
Or one of the BSD forks. Both OpenBSD and FreeBBSD are sufficient for all day to day needs.
@libreoffice @Endof10 If only the games I played supported Linux. Not to mention how easy Linux is to break
@libreoffice @Endof10 «In conclusion, Linux isn’t perfect».
I agree. But it's closer to perfection than Windows 
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