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I’ve tried using Linux for my office job. The distro itself isn’t even relevant. They all work nice. The one thing however that ruins it is the lack of a fully

I’ve tried using Linux for my office job. The distro itself isn’t even relevant. They all work nice. The one thing however that ruins it is the lack of a fully compatible office suite. Compatible wit MS office that is. I’ve tried a few creations but they always fall short. And in all fairness that’s mostly due to MS and not the others but it’s an issue… The apple office suit is even worse then the foss things i must add.

ranguna 2y ago
I generally use web apps for this, even when I used Windows I didn't want to install GB for office apps. The downside is that you always have to be online, but I'm always online at work.
- Stiffly6471 2y ago
  That works up to a certain level only i find. When the job requires creation of documents, presentations and spreadsheets the use of web apps isn’t always the best or easiest option
BossingAround 2y ago
Sounds like we need a WSL in the other direction - have a Windows subsystem for Linux, so that your $distro integrates with Windows and you can run apps on Windows while having the window show up on your Linux system :)
- tracker1 2y ago
  There's WINE for basic compatibility, like for Affinity tools in TFA. You can use a Windows VM, and IIRC both VMWare and VirtualBox have integrated UI options to put the start menu/bar integrated into the windows desktop. I've done this before, putting my mac/linux dock on the side, and the windows bar on the bottom. I haven't used Windows outside work projects the past few years though. Aside, surprised and disappointed in that you can use Affinity tools, which is very cool, but kind of sucks that you have to jump through that many hoops. Would be somewhat nice if Affinity themselves gave you an install script that could self-detect the major Linux variants (Fedora, Ubuntu/Debian) and install more directly.
foul 2y ago
Someday office365 will end this problem, let's hope that. However for my basic usages libreoffice always fared very well, I still have a habit to save to PDF and print that to paper though!
alvin6833 2y ago
I'm running Ubuntu for work, the only installed apps I really use are edge,and vscode. The entire MS office suite can be installed as a progressive web app and I've got teams, and word setup like this.

ranguna 2y ago

I generally use web apps for this, even when I used Windows I didn't want to install GB for office apps. The downside is that you always have to be online, but I'm always online at work.

Stiffly6471 2y ago
That works up to a certain level only i find. When the job requires creation of documents, presentations and spreadsheets the use of web apps isn’t always the best or easiest option

BossingAround 2y ago

Sounds like we need a WSL in the other direction - have a Windows subsystem for Linux, so that your $distro integrates with Windows and you can run apps on Windows while having the window show up on your Linux system :)

tracker1 2y ago
There's WINE for basic compatibility, like for Affinity tools in TFA. You can use a Windows VM, and IIRC both VMWare and VirtualBox have integrated UI options to put the start menu/bar integrated into the windows desktop. I've done this before, putting my mac/linux dock on the side, and the windows bar on the bottom. I haven't used Windows outside work projects the past few years though. Aside, surprised and disappointed in that you can use Affinity tools, which is very cool, but kind of sucks that you have to jump through that many hoops. Would be somewhat nice if Affinity themselves gave you an install script that could self-detect the major Linux variants (Fedora, Ubuntu/Debian) and install more directly.

foul 2y ago

Someday office365 will end this problem, let's hope that. However for my basic usages libreoffice always fared very well, I still have a habit to save to PDF and print that to paper though!

alvin6833 2y ago

I'm running Ubuntu for work, the only installed apps I really use are edge,and vscode. The entire MS office suite can be installed as a progressive web app and I've got teams, and word setup like this.