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I moved to Linux last month. I currently run Windows, Linux and MacOS VM on my machine. From being a Windows guy through all the years, I've found myself incre

I moved to Linux last month. I currently run Windows, Linux and MacOS VM on my machine. From being a Windows guy through all the years, I've found myself increasingly using Linux in this span of time. The only thing preventing me from a complete switch is MS Office. I barely used MacOS, except to diagnose issues on MacOS and run XCode.

edelacruz 6y ago
May I ask what linux you are using and how you got a Mac VM running? I tried myself and was able to get Catalina running on Ubuntu 20.04 using Openboot. But then Catalina updated itself and crashed after that. I wasn't able to reinstall MacOS successfully anymore, even starting from scratch. If you could help me out by pointing out which products/technologies you used and maybe a website describing step by step, that would be great.
- fakedang 6y ago
  Ubuntu system. Firstly, I disabled updates, not because of Mac in particular, but I've had issues with Windows updates crashing before, so I don't eagerly update. Apart from that, standard QEMU process. This was the guide I used: https://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/how-to-install-macos-catalina-on-linux https://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/how-to-install-macos-catali...
  - edelacruz 6y ago
    Thanks. I'll give it another try.
blkhawk 6y ago
I moved to Linux in early 2019 and was surprised that I barely needed Windows anymore. I was already using Libre Office so Ms Office wasn't a sticking point for me. I assume you tried Libre office and its probably not compatible enough for you. Ms Office is very compatible with Wine - even the newer ones. The only problems seem to be with apps were direct replacements like Skype or are irrelevant like OneDrive. For setting up wine and managing my apps I use Lutris. It is meant for games but is brilliant for setting up windows apps as well. I wish they would acknowledge that fact in their UI but it doesn't bother me too much that everything is called a game.
- fakedang 6y ago
  I didn't enjoy Libre Office, largely due to the functionality being too low. I work with Excel spreadsheets with lots of macros and formulae, which doesn't port well over to Libre Office.
  - waheoo 6y ago
    I can understand this, I make do with Google sheets but it's seriously limited with my bigger spreadsheets, especially if there is lots of custom code / API response parsing involved.
girvo 6y ago
Have you tried the web based office? I haven’t, and I’m not sure if it’s a good solution, but friends have said good things
- fakedang 6y ago
  I use Excel pretty intensively, learnt all the shortcuts from my past finance days. I don't think the web version allows for those back-of-the-hand shortcuts.

edelacruz 6y ago

May I ask what linux you are using and how you got a Mac VM running? I tried myself and was able to get Catalina running on Ubuntu 20.04 using Openboot. But then Catalina updated itself and crashed after that. I wasn't able to reinstall MacOS successfully anymore, even starting from scratch. If you could help me out by pointing out which products/technologies you used and maybe a website describing step by step, that would be great.

fakedang 6y ago
Ubuntu system. Firstly, I disabled updates, not because of Mac in particular, but I've had issues with Windows updates crashing before, so I don't eagerly update. Apart from that, standard QEMU process. This was the guide I used: https://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/how-to-install-macos-catalina-on-linux https://www.funkyspacemonkey.com/how-to-install-macos-catali...
- edelacruz 6y ago
  Thanks. I'll give it another try.

blkhawk 6y ago

I moved to Linux in early 2019 and was surprised that I barely needed Windows anymore. I was already using Libre Office so Ms Office wasn't a sticking point for me. I assume you tried Libre office and its probably not compatible enough for you. Ms Office is very compatible with Wine - even the newer ones. The only problems seem to be with apps were direct replacements like Skype or are irrelevant like OneDrive. For setting up wine and managing my apps I use Lutris. It is meant for games but is brilliant for setting up windows apps as well. I wish they would acknowledge that fact in their UI but it doesn't bother me too much that everything is called a game.

fakedang 6y ago
I didn't enjoy Libre Office, largely due to the functionality being too low. I work with Excel spreadsheets with lots of macros and formulae, which doesn't port well over to Libre Office.
- waheoo 6y ago
  I can understand this, I make do with Google sheets but it's seriously limited with my bigger spreadsheets, especially if there is lots of custom code / API response parsing involved.

girvo 6y ago

Have you tried the web based office? I haven’t, and I’m not sure if it’s a good solution, but friends have said good things

fakedang 6y ago
I use Excel pretty intensively, learnt all the shortcuts from my past finance days. I don't think the web version allows for those back-of-the-hand shortcuts.