Hello, technology enthusiasts! I want to share with you that I’ve been researching and trying to find good, functional software that provides the necessary tools to use Office applications. Yes, you heard that right—Office apps! But since I’m somewhat of an Ubuntu fan, I decided to explore the realm of open-source software (we need to use it more often).

We have a wide variety of free and open-source products that we sometimes don’t even get to know because we stick to a single company. This time, I’ve been checking out WPS Office, a very good tool that is free (basic version with basic functionalities). It does have some paid premium features, like AI tools, but you can give it a try.

Here’s what happened: I installed it, but I noticed it wasn’t reading PDFs or functioning properly when converting Word documents to PDF. After investigating, it seems that by default, it uses a library version with errors. But Boom! I found the solution! In case this happens to you, all you need to do is run the following commands from the terminal (I love it):

Command 1 ---> cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu

Command 2 ---> sudo ln -s libtiff.so.6 libtiff.so.5

And voilà—problem solved!