Wine 9.17 - Run Windows Applications on Linux, BSD, Solaris and macOS
Posted by Neustradamus@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 25 comments
Posted by Neustradamus@reddit | linux | View on Reddit | 25 comments
TCB13sQuotes@reddit
Still unable to run any recent version of MS Office decently...
newsflashjackass@reddit
That works out okay, as no recent version of MS Office is decent.
Office 2003 with the compatibility pack works fine for scraping off the vendor lock-in.
The compatibility pack opens and saves the Office 2007 format, which is enough to read content from Microsoft patsies. Typically Microsoft programs have no problem reading / importing open formats- just writing them is the problem.
TCB13sQuotes@reddit
2003 isn't even close to an option for people who need 2019 or so.
newsflashjackass@reddit
Those people who think they "need 2019 or so" probably use Office just for Powerpoint. If you really need to watch their TED talk you can get current office running like a native GUI program with Cassowary.
But Microsoft does not dare break compatibility with 2007 file formats. The vendor lock in is why people "need" Office at all.
Using Office 2003 with the 2007 compatibility pack ensures other people will be able to export in a format you can read and you will be able to export in a format they can read.
Office 2003 is also the last version before they replaced the useful interface with a "ribbon".
newsflashjackass@reddit
That works out, as no recent version of MS Office is decent.
MrHighStreetRoad@reddit
WPS Office is by far the best native clone on Linux. You don't have macros but all else is very good. It complains about missing fonts at startup (windings) but you can easily grab a folder of windows fonts and install on Linux if you need windings
Office 365 doesn't install even on crossover at the moment ... Well, it installs, but the activation doesn't work because the built-in browser where you enter Microsoft name and password doesn't render. Luckily this doesn't break older installs.
Hopefully crossover/wine fixes this soon. There is nothing quite as nice as running real Office natively in Linux
The browser Office apps have become very good too.
TCB13sQuotes@reddit
There are other issues with Office365 that the Wine teams doesn't seem to care about, at all. Sabe goes for what happens with Adobe products and the screen size thing and black windows.
doubzarref@reddit
Unfortunately most of Wine devs were hired to work on game issues instead of desktop apps.
finbarrgalloway@reddit
Unless you are doing super advanced PowerPoint or excel the web app works fine now.
TCB13sQuotes@reddit
Yeah, that's the problem, plus constant internet access required. For basic stuff even Libre/OnlyOffice work however you know how it is, you get a file from someone you've to get something done not deal with the small incompatibility / formatting / lack of feature issues.
finbarrgalloway@reddit
At work they’ve switched us over to share point entirely now, and honestly if I were to guess Microsoft will probably dump the native application (at least for common usage) before long.
As much as I generally dislike web apps not having to have a pc I can run office on is pretty nice.
brimston3-@reddit
Native Excel isn't fast enough for some of the sheets I work with. They stall LO Calc for long enough I've never let it finish recalculating. Web Excel has no chance.
doubzarref@reddit
Have you tried enabling OpenCL on LO settings? In my experience they greatly improve the performance
Sarin10@reddit
Absolutely not lol. The web performance is atrocious, especially on large files. Plus, there are still so many feature discrepancies that MS doesn't seem to care about.
The point of creating the web versions was never to make the desktop versions obsolete, it was simply to have an answer to G-Suite.
Creative-Mammoth@reddit
You can get high file compatibility with Onlyoffice.
jeenajeena@reddit
I did not know this even existed. Thank you for sharing!
citizenswerve@reddit
I second this
Resident-Radish-3758@reddit
Advanced features of PowerPoint are pretty much the only reason I keep a Windows machine around. I'm suprised fixing this is not a priority.
IAmLikeMrFeynman@reddit
The web app for word is at leass garbage. Formats much differently so you cannot trim the layout and does not show equations. It's a disaster that such fundamentals are missing in the web app, in my honest opinion.
newspeakisungood@reddit
I want to meet the person using wine on Solaris in 2024
Daharka@reddit
Government departments with mission critical systems which won't run on anything else.
The replacement was proposed in 2008, tendered in 2015, rebooted in 2019 after development hell, frozen during the pandemic and is now in a second requirements phase for a recompete.
So it goes.
barn4cles@reddit
/r/oddlyspecific
Daharka@reddit
It's a tale as old as time
Optimal-Ad-9494@reddit
It is a good solution for many applications.. but remember if you search you can find open source alternatives that may be just as efficient.😊
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