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Re:WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the n... by jeena on Saturday November 29, 2025 @03:35AM (#46085995)
I'm using MS Office for Work in the browser. But I just live with the shortcomings specifically in PowerPoint where I can't do connectors for example.
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Re:WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the n... by BlaDeKke on Saturday November 29, 2025 @04:13AM (#46086183)
She only uses that laptop for MS Office. She did actually use the browser version for a few months, but even that is a significant downgrade compared to native apps.

MS Office and most popular multiplayer games are the 2 biggest hurdles for Linux adoption at the moment.

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Re:WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the n... by t0bia_s on Saturday November 29, 2025 @05:41AM (#46086567)
Many creators would like to abandon Windows completely, bud Adobe...
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Re:WinApps: Run Windows apps as if they were a part of the n... by yonatan8070 on Saturday November 29, 2025 @07:50AM (#46087139)
I tried using Office on the web for a bit, for some reason there's absolutely no way to disable auto-capitalization on the web, luckily I almost never need to use it anyway, and have LibreOffice and Google Workspace instead.
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