Does LibreOffice run on Linux?

If you have been using LibreOffice on Windows, this is the easiest question on the site. The project publishes official Linux packages next to the Windows and Mac ones, and most Linux systems aimed at home users ship it as the standard office suite.

Everything keeps its name. Writer for documents, Calc for spreadsheets, Impress for slides, Draw for simple layouts and Base for databases. The menus, the toolbars and your keyboard shortcuts are the same.

Your files come across untouched. A .odt or .ods file written on Windows opens on Linux with no conversion, and so do the Word and Excel files you had been opening in it. Templates and your own autocorrect list live in a hidden settings folder inside your Windows user account and can be copied over, though most people find it quicker to set them up again.

One habit worth keeping. When you send files to people using Microsoft Office, choose the Word or Excel format at the save step rather than the default, because that is where confusion usually starts.