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.
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.