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minus-squareVinstaal0@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoI tried to download Microsoft Office on Linux Mint and I couldn’t even download the exe (to run through wine), I needed to go to Windows to download it … now I just need to make it work (I am in the 1% of people who actually need official Excel)
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoWould be great if the web app had the same features as the desktop app
minus-squareJigglySackles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoUgh, webapps are obnoxious as hell to me. Give me a thick client any day. Biggest irritation for most for me is the loss of keyboard control
minus-squaresome_random_nick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 days agoThis might be the right case to use a VM. Though, I just keep a spare SSD with Windows.
minus-squareBlameTheAntifa@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoLibreOffice is decent. Have you tried it yet? Anything major it can’t do for you?
minus-squareDarren@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoI wonder if MAS can work through Mint, even if just to download the installer? Might try it later.
I tried to download Microsoft Office on Linux Mint and I couldn’t even download the exe (to run through wine), I needed to go to Windows to download it … now I just need to make it work (I am in the 1% of people who actually need official Excel)
Would be great if the web app had the same features as the desktop app
Ugh, webapps are obnoxious as hell to me. Give me a thick client any day. Biggest irritation for most for me is the loss of keyboard control
This might be the right case to use a VM. Though, I just keep a spare SSD with Windows.
LibreOffice is decent. Have you tried it yet? Anything major it can’t do for you?
I wonder if MAS can work through Mint, even if just to download the installer?
Might try it later.