Is LibreOffice better than OpenOffice?

[TunipTheUnconquerable]

I used to use OpenOffice. I've just got a new computer and had my old one formatted due to an infection.
I asked the computer mending people to put Open Office on them but they've done LibreOffice as well. They seem to have strong feelings about what software people should be using

Have they done this for a good reason? Will switching from OpenOffice to LibreOffice make my life better?

Thanks

They're practically the same thing. Basically OpenOffice people broke away to get away from Oracle and started Libreoffice. In short it wasn't a technology change but a political/organisational issue.

Personally I use Kingsoft Office that looks and feels like the older versions of Microsoft Office. The one without the stupid ribbon interface.

If like me you used the old MS Office and are used to it then KS Office may be a better bet for you.

Thanks! Very helpful.

I'll probably stick with OO then.

Just to muddy the waters....LO is better, simply because the majority of developers went over from OO to LO when it 'forked'. Result is that LO is being very actively developed and updated with features OO lacks.

Thanks Paleo!
Also, now I've heard of Kingsoft I keep seeing people saying how good it is.
Waters thoroughly muddied.

Well, imvho I tend to prefer opensource software like LOover closed source softwares like ms office and kingsoft. Open-source projects are more transparent, and are less vulnerable to the kind of NSA/government hacking recently exposed. Not that day to day wordprocessing is an issue for the NSA, but I do feel that open-source is somehow more ethical.
I've worded that really badly, but I hope you get my drift!