DeepSeek integration

[erika]

Can you please integrate DeepSeek in to FreeOffice if possible?

https://chat.deepseek.com/

[SuperTech]

We have ChatGPT support in SoftMaker Office NX Universal.

[erika]

DeepSeek is free. So you can integrate it in to FreeOffice easily and it will provide a lot of free value to the users until they switch to SoftMaker Office edition.

[lgsl]

Meaning: I want FreeOffice to do everything Softmaker Office NX does, but I do not want to pay for it.

[erika]

netscape built a browser, sold it like boxed retail software—you had to go to compusa & pay a solid chunk of change for it. the model worked for a while; their stock soared, everyone was thrilled.

then microsoft showed up & said, “actually, we’ll just give ours away for free.” & overnight, the entire business model imploded. the world collectively realized, “oh, this distribution method is dead,” & everything changed almost immediately.

this feels like that moment with Open Source DeepSeek.

[martin-k]

Why do you think access to the DeepSeek API is free?

[erika]

How to Install DeepSeek AI offline: Step-by-step

https://medium.com/@artturi-jalli/how-t ... 245873fea8

[martin-k]

This installs a rather useless model with 1.5 billion parameters instead of more than 600 billion parameters. A computer capable of running the full DeepSeek model will set you back at least US$120,000 for a bunch of high-end Nvidia graphics cards.

[erika]

That's why I told you add it to FreeOffice locally. It is a start for showing something. FreeOffice is one of the leader apps in Linux society. More users upgrade to pro version over time. DeepSeek local integration will make them happier for non-commercial and non-professional use on FreeOffice.

So people can upgrade to Profesional Softmaker version for professional usage to leverage Pro GPT service over time.

My 2 cents.

[erika]

MICROSOFT says

DEEPSEEK R1 IS NOW AVAILABLE ON AZURE AI FOUNDRY AND GITHUB