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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Hey does anyone know how to get microsoft suite apps on linux? (lemmy.world)

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I want to get word, excel, powerpoint, onedrive and copilot on ubuntu, anyone know how?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Yes! I've used that before.

I spun up a trial version of Windows Server and tried to get it working. It seemed to want a Domain environment and I didn't want to go down that road. There probably is a way to do it without setting up a Domain but I didn't feel like messing with it at the time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

The domain can be "localhost". You just need to forward the RDP port from your host to the Windows guest.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hmm... for me on a regular windows vm it works though, weird

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe something I should look into again.