When it comes to office suite, Microsoft Office is still the most used among other existing office suites. Microsoft Office popularity can be seen in other office suites --including LibreOffice-- that are trying to resemble the UI called ribbon.
WPS office, a multiplatrom freeware is emerging to be one of best Microsoft Office alternative, because offers an interface that looks very similar to Microsoft Office's ribbon UI.
Unfortunately, there is an issue with WPS Office 2019 that is very slow to open in Linux desktop. Apparently, the issue is caused by WPS Office is trying to connect to the internet, everytime it's open. Even worse, there isn't option to disable this feature.
Solution
There are currently two options, if you really prefer WPS Office to be your main office suite in your Linux desktop: 1. Install WPS Office Snap; 2. Install WPS Office Flatpak.
Flatseal Solution
Snap is becoming popular because the developer is improving the performance. However, compared to Flatpak, snap is still slower. The better option I've finally chosen is using flatpak.
After installing WPS Office flatpak, I installed a simple but great tool, called flatseal. It is a powerful tool to give and limit your flatpak permission, including network access. Open flatseal, and disable the WPS Office's network access.
Now, we have a WPS Office with proper speed to open and create documents in your Linux desktop.
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