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I use Windows x64 and for the past one and a half year have kept it MS-Office clean. However my colleagues usually argue with me about this. Even If I try to ex

I use Windows x64 and for the past one and a half year have kept it MS-Office clean. However my colleagues usually argue with me about this. Even If I try to explain them the advantages, they keep insist on using MS-Office even for scientific papers where I find Lyx superior. At work I installed it since I do not pay for it. At home, never even If I am on windows. My only complaint is the lack of recent builds of Abiword/Gnumeric. Abiword is on 3.0.0. in mingw64 in OBS. Gnumeric is even older. These problems have to be fixed. Does anyone know where I can find recent builds for windows 7? x86/x64 makes no difference to me.

ygra 12y ago
> ... where I find Lyx superior Trying to convince people to use something because »I consider it better« rarely works out, I guess.
hessenwolf 12y ago
I am convinced the majority of the software in the world is really written in Excel, which was ripped off Lotus 123. LibreOffice does not really compete.
derekp7 12y ago
What about the following combination: First, set up a Windows based X implementation (Cygwin X, or Xming for example). Then run a stateless Linux install in a VM (maybe based off a live CD), and then set up icons on your Windows desktop to remotely launch the given apps on the Linux VM, displaying them on your Windows desktop with your local X server. The main problems I see with this would be automating the Linux VM startup, and configuring the local icons (they would have to launch a script that ssh's into the Linux VM after checking if a local X server and the Linux VM is running, forwarding X connections).
- fithisux 12y ago
  VM is not an option for me 😦 Even calligra is dead on windows. Maybe I should consider dualboot again.
jackmaney 12y ago
"they keep insist on using MS-Office even for scientific papers" 0_0 You need some new colleagues, then. LaTeX is the de-facto standard for scientific and mathematical literature.
- fithisux 12y ago
  I am searching for new colleagues already.

ygra 12y ago

> ... where I find Lyx superior Trying to convince people to use something because »I consider it better« rarely works out, I guess.

hessenwolf 12y ago

I am convinced the majority of the software in the world is really written in Excel, which was ripped off Lotus 123. LibreOffice does not really compete.

derekp7 12y ago

What about the following combination: First, set up a Windows based X implementation (Cygwin X, or Xming for example). Then run a stateless Linux install in a VM (maybe based off a live CD), and then set up icons on your Windows desktop to remotely launch the given apps on the Linux VM, displaying them on your Windows desktop with your local X server. The main problems I see with this would be automating the Linux VM startup, and configuring the local icons (they would have to launch a script that ssh's into the Linux VM after checking if a local X server and the Linux VM is running, forwarding X connections).

fithisux 12y ago
VM is not an option for me 😦 Even calligra is dead on windows. Maybe I should consider dualboot again.

jackmaney 12y ago

"they keep insist on using MS-Office even for scientific papers" 0_0 You need some new colleagues, then. LaTeX is the de-facto standard for scientific and mathematical literature.

fithisux 12y ago
I am searching for new colleagues already.