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WHY DOESN'T MICROSOFT OFFICE WORK ON LINUX
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libreoffice
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It was made for Windows and not Linux. Linux and Windows use different executable formats and have various other design differences that make running the Microsoft Office software suite natively impossible. Hope this helps.
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>>107880150
An endless of ocean of compatibility issues
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Microsoft Office peaked in the Office 2007 suite, which has now been superseded by LibreOffice, so there's not actually any need to run Office on linux
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OnlyOffice
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>>107880168
>I tried libreoffice once 8 years ago and couldn't open a docx file with vbscript macros so I never touched it again
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>>107880143
Just use Microsoft office on the web you don't need it installed on your PC to do 99% of its features
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>>107880143
Sistersex
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>>107880143
>you can use the webapp
>most people i know use google docs
>libreoffice is fine
>is ms office just a preference of you?
>the world is shifting to open standard docs
I don't get it... if your job depends on MS Office, you probably have a work issued Laptop at home and a desktop at work. And if you don't have a work issued laptop, the webapp is completely fine for quick edits.
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The day that linuxfags create a decent excel equivalent will be the day I start using linux, but that would imply they are able to create something of value instead of just cosmetic shit for their OS.
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>>107880143
If windows games run on linux with wine, I don't seem why Office couldn't too.
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>>107880328
libreoffice does it all
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>>107880143
microsoft office doesn't even work on windows
>>107880260
correct, unless you are the 1% of people who understand how to use access and just jumble all relational data into a spreadsheet and fuck anyone else who needs to use it later on for anything you won't miss using desktop software suite.
that is of course unless you are vaguely competent with computers in which case the web versions will push you to the edge of suicide almost immediately.

if you don't need any features missing in word online then you might as well use notepad locally.
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>>107880319
>you can use the webapp
I won't eat the bugs.
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>>107880143
onlyoffice flatpak, 1 line in the terminal.
or use a VM.
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>>107880143
can't you run office in a browser nowadays?
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>need specific software for your job
>use meme os that has none of it
ehhh
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>>107880143
you can always dual boot your favorite Linux distro with LUKS encryption and windows LTSC, leaving all the shit that works well on windows in the dedicated windows boot as it should and hopefully turn it into piracy heaven. I used to run linux for programming and shitposting and windows for cad / adobe / music shit and it works fine. Ideally you'll just use the right tool for the job, and since windows and office are so easy to pirate and activate nowadays (>>>/g/fwt) there is little point in just trying to turn linux into a one-size-fits-all solution
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>>107880143
I thought that shit used to work with wine but it's not like anyone would notice if it stopped working since MS Office is cancer anyway. Basically, I would normally insist on LibreOffice unless your line of work *requires* MS Office.

You really want a Wine wrapper app (like the now unmaintained PlayOnLinux) in order to install a Windows application. I asked Gemini to make this table for you so you can see what the typical solutions are.
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>>107881075
Attempt #2 at a table
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>>107880168
Compatibility is fine today. LibreOffice's problem today is just the UX.
>>107880143
Convince your sister to install Linux!
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>>107880143
Jews
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>>107880143
Because you didn't fuck your sister.
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>>107881287
microsoft's proprietary office file formats are such garbage that half the time even other microjeet products can't cope with them (try having a table come out right in the browser version of Word).

it's a system DELIBERATELY DESIGNED to fuck over potential competitors and promote vendor lock in. you are the only one to blame for any problems that arise from trying to play their faggy game to begin with.

just use od{t,p,s} in your org and you will never need to think about MS Office again. for communication and collaboration between organizations PDFs or webshitter formats are fine. you can usually tell people asking for Office formats to fuck off if they're external, or provide something with busted formatting
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>>107880328
Sheets is good
>but it doesn't open my proprietary garbage file format
then don't use that file format, retard. Use the native one.

If your organization has picked MS Office to use internally then no other system will be a drop-in replacement, that is to be expected. But if you can actually choose there's really no reason to prefer excel over any of the alternatives that isn't just
>hurr durr it looks different so it's bad
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>>107880328
what's wrong with libreoffice calc?
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>>107880143
You have good taste in women
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>>107880143
Allow me to interject, what you are referring to as "Microsoft Office" is in fact the Microsoft 365 Copilot app, or as I have taken to calling it, Microsoft 365 + Copilot. Microsoft Office is not a document system unto itself, but rather just another component of a fully integrated generative AI system made useful by the Copilot LLM, Windows utilities, and vital AI components comprising a full user experience as defined by Microsoft.
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>>107880143
because linux is a server OS.
you may as well ask why you can't run a LAMP stack on a playstation 5.



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