A grounded look at the current open-source office suite conflicts, why they are not a reason to panic, and how this disruption could lead to stronger projects.

Open on paper is not enough. This edition looks at what makes open standards meaningful in practice, from office files to SVG and the web. If software can't support everything in a file, it should preserve what it cannot yet edit instead of stripping it away.

A behind-the-scenes look at my professional creative stack on Linux: the open-source tools I use for design, photo, video, audio, writing, and office work, and how open standards keep the whole workflow portable and professional.