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What they will probably never port to Linux is the real thing that makes Windows valuable - Microsoft Office.That's exactly the thing, absence of which makes L
by qwerty456127 8y ago
What they will probably never port to Linux is the real thing that makes Windows valuable - Microsoft Office.That's exactly the thing, absence of which makes Linux "not ready for desktop" (sort of sarcasm, I use Linux on desktop happily and LibreOffice is usually enough for me but many people and companies don't just because of this). If only they would I would absolutely buy it and would be also able to replace Windows on just so many business computers with Linux.
- SmellyGeekBoy 8y agoI'm quite happily using Office 365 under Linux. There's no real benefit to using their desktop offering over the browser-based one these days tbh.
- filomeno 8y agoOf course, they're a for profit company. And I understand they will do everything they can to undermine competition. That's why I also don't buy this "new cool Microsoft" mantra.
- apexalpha 8y agoTry OnlyOffice! https://www.onlyoffice.com/ https://www.onlyoffice.com/
- qwerty456127 8y agoDoesn't you have to run a server (or use a 3-rd party server) for this?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y agoAs a Windows user who doesn't have Office installed, I disagree that Office is the only thing making Windows valuable. There are a lot of things it does right, or at least much better, than Linux, things the Linux community doesn't even seem to understand why anybody wants. Sadly, they're slowly destroying all these things because they hate the Desktop now, so the future of personal computing looks pretty damned grim.