Issue is, the WPS office suite is more bloated with ads than even Microsoft's offerings are, and, overall, is quite a doozy to navigate.

If you want a true and good alternative, I'd recommend ONLYOFFICE[1].

[1] https://www.onlyoffice.com/

The comment links to OnlyOffice, which is a different app suite from OpenOffice.

I appreciate the correction; I misread that. Thanks.

It's not going to be a valid alternative in the west - certainly not something any government would even consider.

"alternative" is doing a lot of lifting here.

While more efficient in some areas, it's missing a lot of quality of life tools plus legal/compliance/security tooling.

While there does not seem to be a maintained snap or flagpole package available, the company behind WPS Office releases DEBs and RPMs it seems: https://www.tech2geek.net/how-to-install-wps-office-on-linux...