Comment by d3Xt3r
2 days ago
If its for your parents, then why not switch them to OnlyOffice? Its UI is very similar to MSO and it has excellent compatibility with the 2007+ file formats (much better than LibreOffice).
2 days ago
If its for your parents, then why not switch them to OnlyOffice? Its UI is very similar to MSO and it has excellent compatibility with the 2007+ file formats (much better than LibreOffice).
Oh it’s not for lack of trying on my end. I tried getting them to play with OnlyOffice, and they said it was worse.
If it doesn’t say Microsoft Office on there, they will say it’s worse. Objectivity has little to do with it.
In a bit of fairness, my dad makes extremely liberal use of the VBA in Excel, and I am not sure how compatible OnlyOffice is for that.
There's an alternative project that runs Windows apps in a VM but integrates them fully and transparently into your Linux desktop, with MS Office particularly tended to. The apps run as if they're native to Linux. It was discussed here just this past week.
Yeah, Winboat, I might be part of that conversation you're referring to.
I haven't ruled that out yet. I am planning on trying to convince them on this next time they ask me for tech support.
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lsw :)