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Can proton be used to run other windows software well under Linux? I would KILL to have desktop-excel in xubuntu.

by boppo1 4y ago

openmapsguy 4y ago
You’re looking for wine https://www.winehq.org/ https://www.winehq.org/. Proton is built on top of wine.
G3rn0ti 4y ago
If you restrict yourself to older office versions like e.g. 2013, they should be working fine with vanilla wine. At least I remember running Word seamlessly on my gnome desktop. I even created a „desktop“ file so I could double click on word files to fire up Word. I recommend using the „play4linux“ fronted to wine which makes it rather easy to install and maintain windows applications and games.
trelane 4y ago
If you're looking for applications, CodeWeavers' Crossover Office is the place to go. If you actually can't afford it, you can use plain WINE. But Crossover is nicer, has support, and funds WINE development, since CodeWeavers sends their patches upstream. https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover
- gkhartman 4y ago
  Will desktop excel actually run smoothly on this? It's been ages since I've tried, but I didn't have much luck in the past. I'd really love to ditch my windows machine, but my employer makes use of excel plugins that only run on the desktop version.
  - trelane 4y ago
    Looks like it's changed a lot. It looks like it was good until about 2010, then it stopped working. Might also be why they apparently renamed it to "Crossover" from "Crossover Office." Guess I'm really out of date here. :) Wait, maybe I was looking at _Mac_ compatibility. It looks like 365 runs decently on Linux. They have a site you can check compatibility at: https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/microsoft-office-365 https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/microsof... is the page for MS Office 365. You can download a free trial and see if it works.
    - gkhartman 4y ago
      Thanks for the update! I'll give the free trial a shot when I get some free time.
MerelyMortal 4y ago
Excel and Word in Office 2016 work pretty well in Crossover. (I don't know about the newer versions.)

Can proton be used to run other windows software well under Linux? I would KILL to have desktop-excel in xubuntu.

by boppo1 4y ago

Can proton be used to run other windows software well under Linux? I would KILL to have desktop-excel in xubuntu.

openmapsguy 4y ago

You’re looking for wine https://www.winehq.org/ https://www.winehq.org/. Proton is built on top of wine.

G3rn0ti 4y ago

If you restrict yourself to older office versions like e.g. 2013, they should be working fine with vanilla wine. At least I remember running Word seamlessly on my gnome desktop. I even created a „desktop“ file so I could double click on word files to fire up Word. I recommend using the „play4linux“ fronted to wine which makes it rather easy to install and maintain windows applications and games.

trelane 4y ago

If you're looking for applications, CodeWeavers' Crossover Office is the place to go. If you actually can't afford it, you can use plain WINE. But Crossover is nicer, has support, and funds WINE development, since CodeWeavers sends their patches upstream. https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover https://www.codeweavers.com/crossover

gkhartman 4y ago
Will desktop excel actually run smoothly on this? It's been ages since I've tried, but I didn't have much luck in the past. I'd really love to ditch my windows machine, but my employer makes use of excel plugins that only run on the desktop version.
- trelane 4y ago
  Looks like it's changed a lot. It looks like it was good until about 2010, then it stopped working. Might also be why they apparently renamed it to "Crossover" from "Crossover Office." Guess I'm really out of date here. :) Wait, maybe I was looking at _Mac_ compatibility. It looks like 365 runs decently on Linux. They have a site you can check compatibility at: https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/microsoft-office-365 https://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/crossover/microsof... is the page for MS Office 365. You can download a free trial and see if it works.
  - gkhartman 4y ago
    Thanks for the update! I'll give the free trial a shot when I get some free time.

MerelyMortal 4y ago

Excel and Word in Office 2016 work pretty well in Crossover. (I don't know about the newer versions.)