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Ask HN: What are my options to run Windows programs on Linux?
We use Linux desktops at work and all our development/release is on Linux. We are however using Office 365 suite. We are now forced to move to MS Teams as hipchat is going away. MS Teams does not have a native Linux client and MS does not have any future plans to develop one.
I am wondering if there are any solutions that I can sell to management besides running entire windows os in VMware?
- mark_l_watson 8y agoThis really doesn’t answer all your needs but the Microsoft Office 365 office and productivity apps are available as web apps, and work very well on Linux.
- phakding 8y agoAgree. That's how we are using it. However teams webclient can't do some of the things like desktop sharing and conferences like we could do in hipchat.
- doose_droppa 8y agolinux has a native desktop sharing, and if you secure things properly SShing to eachothers Boxes over an inhouse VPN.
- mimixco 8y agoHow about Docker?
- roschdal 8y agowine
- arachno 8y agoVirtualbox can emulate a windows machine on top of Linux
- doose_droppa 8y agoLibre Office. it can work with MSO files, but has caveats regarding the nonstandard file specs. [docx. vs doc.] you can open and work with MSO nonspec files in libre office, but there is usually a note regarding format mangling due to a certain corporation breaking the file spec. Myself i have not had problems switching between the two ecosystems[MSO vs Libre] and the typical MS baggage is not attached to libre.
- craftoman 8y agoI run everything on Linux using virtualbox, I don't recommend Wine though. All you need is a decent PC unless you're at school or something. The only problem you will face is USB support for some cases I don't think an average user can setup everything in a matter of minutes, you may need hours even days on researching but in the end you'll be rewarded.
- lks128 8y agoI would consider using MS Teams web client to be a better option rather than running it in a virtual machine.