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Marduk73 ,
@Marduk73@sh.itjust.works avatar

libre office not being a smart arse either. it’s the easiest way. i am making some assumptions however. i assume you are a full on Linux user at home and have to deal with MS Office documents of various types at work or some other reason. you can work on that document at work un MS Office. bring it home and work on it some more in libre office. and back again.

AnAnonymous , (edited )

VirtualBox?

Virtualizing the whole windows OS right inside Linux I think it’s the best option if you want to use the M$ ecosystem.

possiblylinux127 ,

Don’t use Virtual box for that. Use KVM with Virtio (you will need the virtio drivers from Fedora)

TheWoozy ,

They are both viable options that have different advantages.
VBox has a nice friendly GUI.
KVM is fast & efficient.

TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe ,

there is also Virt-Manager and quickemu with quickgui, if you want friendly GUI though.

GolfNovemberUniform , (edited )
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

Another person already answered about the office apps so I won’t mention it. What I know is that the most recent version of GNOME has OneDrive support so Ubuntu 24.04 should have it. Copilot is impossible to get. Also if you use the Microsoft suite, you probably should be running Windows. There’s not that much point in switching to Linux in this case

swooosh , (edited )

Linux is not only about privacy. It’s primarily about freedom.

Tippon ,

the most recent version of GNOME has OneDrive support

Just to check, do you mean the Microsoft version of Onedrive, or the abraunegg Linux version?

Abraunegg’s version is brilliant, but the MS version would make my life easier :)

Bitrot ,
@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

It is the Gnome Online Accounts version.

Tippon ,

Thanks :)

I take it that’s a third party client that syncs with MS Onedrive?

Bitrot ,
@Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Correct, it is one of multiple that are available, it just happens to be built into Gnome. It also syncs with Google Drive and some others.

Tippon ,

Ah, I know the one. I’ve used it for Google Drive in the past. I didn’t know it could do Onedrive too though.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

I didn’t understand the question. Afaik there is no official OneDrive app for Linux

Tippon ,

A developer, Abraunegg, has made a Linux tool that syncs a Microsoft Onedrive account with a Linux system, in the same way that the Microsoft Onedrive tool does on Windows. They’ve named their tool Onedrive too.

I didn’t know if you were talking about Microsoft Onedrive compatibility in Gnome, or Abraunegg’s Onedrive. It gets a bit confusing when they both have the same name.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

I don’t remember hearing anything about the Abraunegg’s version so I think GNOME made their own implementation or used another base

Tippon ,

That makes sense, thanks :)

_edge ,

Web apps

GolfNovemberUniform ,
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

I also saw someone on YouTube launching Word via wine so I guess it’s also an option

Successful_Try543 ,

According to the official AppDB in winehq.org, getting this to work seems to be strongly dependent on the specific version.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

I think I saw Word 2010 running. Idk about other versions

Successful_Try543 ,

Probably, as this version is supposed to have platinum support.

possiblylinux127 ,

2010 is EOL

GolfNovemberUniform ,
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

I’ve never seen any issues with it. People here used MS Office 2007 until like 2019. It should be fine as long as it supports docx and the document doesn’t have complicated scripts (which nobody uses here so can’t tell about them)

possiblylinux127 ,

That’s is a bad idea as the old Office doesn’t receive security patches

GolfNovemberUniform ,
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

Well this is true but again if you use MS apps, you probably should just use Windows

possiblylinux127 ,

You’ll get no argument from me.

GolfNovemberUniform ,
@GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml avatar

It’s always nice to see people that don’t want to argue

refalo ,

Do people even still target ancient versions?

refalo ,

I still use Office 97 and 2000. Works fine for what I need

possiblylinux127 ,

Still a bad idea. I didn’t say they didn’t work what I said is that it is a major security risk. There are people who still run Windows XP and it works for them. However, it is also a security risk.

TMP_NKcYUEoM7kXg4qYe ,

PlayOnLinux takes care of it for you. Office 2013 supposedly works very well, Office 2016 can be sometimes buggy. For the 2016 version you need to get the 32 bit iso.

thermal_shock ,

using it and using it successfully with others is a different story.

clubb ,
@clubb@lemmy.world avatar

Seconding this, webapp-manager is what linux mint comes with and is the best option so far

lal309 , (edited )

OnlyOffice has fantastic support for Microsoft originated documents. I typically use the Flatpak version. The look and feel is very similar to the office suite so you should be “right at home”.

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