Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS

Re:Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, So... by m_kos on Saturday December 09, 2023 @04:35AM (#38580226)

I can't switch to Linux because I need fully functional Microsoft 365 desktop apps; mainly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. Are there any reasonable options beyond running Windows in a VM?

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Re:Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, So... by Shawnj2 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @04:40AM (#38580270)

Do the opposite and run WSL?

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Re:Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, So... by rnd0 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @09:06AM (#38582001)

Probably the best advice, to be honest. At least it's what I do after getting tired off issues like nvidia screen tearing and things just not working as smoothly as they do in windows (for me, at least).

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Re:Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, So... by candrewlee14 on Saturday December 09, 2023 @04:45AM (#38580293)

Do the web browser offerings of those apps not cut it?

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Re:Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, So... by m_kos on Sunday December 10, 2023 @02:26AM (#38589809)

Not quite. For example, the web apps don't support COM add-ins.

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Re:Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, So... by gaws on Saturday December 09, 2023 @03:01PM (#38585372)

> I need fully functional Microsoft 365 desktop apps; mainly Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Why? There are alternatives to those three that work well on Linux, namely OpenOffice and LibreOffice.

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Re:Wine 9.0 RC1 – Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, So... by m_kos on Sunday December 10, 2023 @02:19AM (#38589779)

They support the same files, but in terms of features they aren't equivalent, especially in a business environment.

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