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Originally Posted by Citan
We have OpenOfficeDotOrg (OOo) instead of MS Office. I prefer the OOo to MS Office, but that is just me. Both are 100 percent backwards compatible with the other.
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Open office is quite nice, but MS Office is more powerful especially the 2007 version. They are compatible but I wouldn't go so far as to say 100%.
Apart from that I would agree with all that Citan says. Using linux is straightforward and easy, but to get the most out of it you must use the command line, and that was a rather steep learning curve and at times frustrating.
File permissions were also quite frustrating, but obviously useful and simple once you get the hang of it.
I would recommend you get a live-CD, and play around with it before you make any decisions. It doesn't even require an install.