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Help with Office docs + Linux (self.linux)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by fin to c/[email protected]

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I’ve recently switched to Linux (Debian Bookworm) because I was tired of all the bullshits I had to deal with when using Windows, especially when developing software.

Now I really have to use MS Office applications for my school. Libreoffice is good but not completely compatible with MSOffice, like I can’t use the log graph in the template provided. And their web apps are nearly unusable (especially with Firefox and its variants) , so I need desktop versions.

I can use VM maybe but I don’t want to pay for the Windows license.

How do you guys manage to open MS files appropriately?

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

This is something you should have thought about, before doing the actual switch. As far as I know there is no good way of running the MS office desktop apps on Linux.

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

I'm not sure why I got downvoted with that comment. Is it untrue?

[–] fin 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You’re not wrong, but switching to Linux is considered better in this community than sticking with Windows, I guess.

I switched to Linux because I hate Microsoft’s monopoly, privacy invasion and their horrible operating system.

But to be honest, I kind of just wanted to do things differently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Some people like to suffer.

I'll go a long way to reduce my data exposure, but ffs, Windows and Office are the standard worldwide, for a reason. It's just naive and foolish to fight this battle while you have enough pressure and time limits as it is.

And I run multiple Linux-based systems in my home lab, but my laptop is windows, because "ain't nobody got time for that", as Sweet Brown would say.

[–] fin 2 points 1 day ago

I did thought about it, but I couldn’t stand with Windows and I made a bet.

Using Windows as my daily driver is not an option for me anyways.