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> So, am I able to run Office 365 on it? > Yes. :) I mean, great. I've never actually tried since going all in on Linux. Figured I'd just abandon the Windows

> So, am I able to run Office 365 on it? > Yes. :) I mean, great. I've never actually tried since going all in on Linux. Figured I'd just abandon the Windows world. This would be useful though. Does anyone here actually do this, with Winboat or any other tool? Every time I've tried it's been too flaky to be worthwhile, but it's been a good few years. I'd chuffing love to have Affinity back.

heavyset_go 1y ago
It's just a VM + an RDP connection in rootless mode. You can do it, but RDP is flaky in rootless mode. I'm currently using a similar setup for Office. You lose drag and drop, and you will be restarting the RDP client over and over again. It's a "solution" if you're willing to put up with jank.
- specproc 1y ago
  Thanks, I see stuff like this and think, "well if it worked well everyone would use it all the time". Affinity is something I use occasionally enough to be able to put up with a bit of jank. Appreciate the response, good to know what I'm getting into before diving into something.
  - d3Xt3r 1y ago
    Affinity actually works fine in Wine (last I checked), takes a bit of effort to set it up though: https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux
    - specproc 1y ago
      Thank you kindly
- mijoharas 1y ago
  Out of interest why do you need to? I've always been fine with libre office/Google docs since moving to Linux, but I'm not a heavy office user.
  - heavyset_go 1y ago
    I get documents from a variety of clients that use Office, and often get spreadsheets that have to work without any bugs or surprises. It also helps when I'm screensharing to use tools people are familiar with. The final reason is that I hate having to redo my resume, which I made originally as a .docx that doesn't render well outside of Word. Even between Word versions it fucks up. I'm soft-locked in.
  - specproc 1y ago
    Not an awful lot these days, but I used to write long, bureaucratic docs for a living, worked a lot with complex budgets and financial reports too. Nothing beats native Word or Excel for this sort of work. Browser-based tools and open alternatives don't come close. Fortunately, it's not my main line of work now and I can get away without. I'd still love to be able to use Word and Excel natively though.

heavyset_go 1y ago

It's just a VM + an RDP connection in rootless mode. You can do it, but RDP is flaky in rootless mode. I'm currently using a similar setup for Office. You lose drag and drop, and you will be restarting the RDP client over and over again. It's a "solution" if you're willing to put up with jank.

specproc 1y ago
Thanks, I see stuff like this and think, "well if it worked well everyone would use it all the time". Affinity is something I use occasionally enough to be able to put up with a bit of jank. Appreciate the response, good to know what I'm getting into before diving into something.
- d3Xt3r 1y ago
  Affinity actually works fine in Wine (last I checked), takes a bit of effort to set it up though: https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux https://github.com/seapear/AffinityOnLinux
  - specproc 1y ago
    Thank you kindly
mijoharas 1y ago
Out of interest why do you need to? I've always been fine with libre office/Google docs since moving to Linux, but I'm not a heavy office user.
- heavyset_go 1y ago
  I get documents from a variety of clients that use Office, and often get spreadsheets that have to work without any bugs or surprises. It also helps when I'm screensharing to use tools people are familiar with. The final reason is that I hate having to redo my resume, which I made originally as a .docx that doesn't render well outside of Word. Even between Word versions it fucks up. I'm soft-locked in.
- specproc 1y ago
  Not an awful lot these days, but I used to write long, bureaucratic docs for a living, worked a lot with complex budgets and financial reports too. Nothing beats native Word or Excel for this sort of work. Browser-based tools and open alternatives don't come close. Fortunately, it's not my main line of work now and I can get away without. I'd still love to be able to use Word and Excel natively though.