Comment by Sincere6066
3 days ago
I don't use office stuff much. What office components are available in Microsoft Office that aren't available on Linux?
I also try to avoid google wherever possible.
3 days ago
I don't use office stuff much. What office components are available in Microsoft Office that aren't available on Linux?
I also try to avoid google wherever possible.
Office and the entire Office 365 ecosystem is the true killer. Microsoft is so entrenched in enterprise it's almost scary. And they're still trying very hard to wedge themselves in with their AI offerings.
I was completely unsuccessful in getting Microsoft Office to run natively with Wine in Linux. Like I wasn't even able to get past the installer for any version of Office later than 2007. Of course the web version works well enough, but in my case, I don't think I will ever be able to convince my parents to move to Linux if I cannot get proper Microsoft Office working on there. I am quite confident that they will not be happy with Kaligra or LibreOffice or OpenOffice or OnlyOffice or anything other than the Microsoft-branded Office.
In fairness to them, they've been using Windows and Office a lot in the last ~30 years, so asking them to abandon all that stuff isn't a trivial endeavor, but my point is that
Clients are going to send you Office documents, spreadsheets, etc.
Maybe you'll luck out and get something cross-platform or online, but 90% of the time if a client is sending a document, it's going to be something from Office (or rarely, Pages).
Spreadsheets can run scripts, and important ones you need to be able to run accurately, and not just hope your alternative office suite works.
I hate it, but it is what it is.
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