Install Ms Office on Linux

[GirlFromYonder]

I would like it too be all freeware except the ms office of course 

[AlTech]

3 minutes ago, DeezNoNos said:

I would like it too be all freeware except the ms office of course 

There isn't office on Linux. But LibreOffice works ,,,,,,,,,,,,

[Dat Guy]

Calligra (used to be KOffice, the new name sucks) is OK.

[GirlFromYonder]

4 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

There isn't office on Linux. But LibreOffice works ,,,,,,,,,,,,

libre office is has problems which ms office. I am the only one in my SCHOOL on linux, soo i need ms office

[AlTech]

1 minute ago, DeezNoNos said:

libre office is has problems which ms office. I am the only one in my SCHOOL on linux, soo i need ms office

use Wine them. It won't be pretty but it might work.

[GirlFromYonder]

3 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

use Wine them. It won't be pretty but it might work.

which ms office 2013 (i have a licences so no more shady sites)

[Dat Guy]

5 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

use Wine them. It won't be pretty but it might work.

If you want to use Windows software, you are not advised to use anything other than Windows to run it. Because: Why would you?

[AlTech]

Just now, Dat Guy said:

If you want to use Windows software, you are not advised to use anything other than Windows to run it. Because: Why would you?

@DeezNoNos isn't willing to switch back to WIndows.

 

[GirlFromYonder]

1 minute ago, Dat Guy said:

If you want to use Windows software, you are not advised to use anything other than Windows to run it. Because: Why would you?

ell i like linux and it is annoying when i have formating issues

[Dat Guy]

I noticed that and I still think he is wrong with this. 

[Dat Guy]

1 minute ago, DeezNoNos said:

ell i like linux and it is annoying when i have formating issues

 

There is no Linux-compatible Office software that won't have problems with formatting MS Office documents. Face it.

 

Softmaker Office is the only one that comes close (but is still far from perfect). Also, not free.

[AlTech]

Just now, DeezNoNos said:

ell i like linux and it is annoying when i have formating issues

Microsoft Office uses your GPU for hardware acceleration and so it be a bad idea to try to use Emulation using Wine.

 

Your best choice is still to install Windows and use it.

[GirlFromYonder]

7 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Microsoft Office uses your GPU for hardware acceleration and so it be a bad idea to try to use Emulation using Wine.

 

Your best choice is still to install Windows and use it.

 

 

8 minutes ago, Dat Guy said:

 

There is no Linux-compatible Office software that won't have problems with formatting MS Office documents. Face it.

 

Softmaker Office is the only one that comes close (but is still far from perfect). Also, not free.

ok thx guys 

[Arty]

Google Docs Fam

or run windows in a virtual machine for ms office 

[iBurley]

It's not officially supported, but like a few people said you can use WINE which is sort of a Windows compatibility layer running on top of Linux to allow you to install Windows software. Also, if you're a Steam user and have a Windows computer laying around, you can actually use Steam in-home streaming to use applications as well, and that would work.
 

Personally I'd either just use the web version or LibreOffice.

[RexQ]

You could just the online version of office. It's free. You may need an account though. I am NOT talking about a 3rd party shady "office" access website yet a legit thing by Microsoft.

[Zennoe]

On 4.9.2016 at 0:18 AM, iBurley said:

It's not officially supported, but like a few people said you can use WINE 

Wine is great for XP software but you pretty much can't get anything to run that requires a newer version of Visual Basic. That's because it doesn't support VB. 

I'd recommend either a VM with a Windows installation (for example with the Enterprise Trial Version) or using LibreOffice. It is an open cross platform office package that has been developed for over 15 years now (under different names). It is very compatible with .docx .pptx etc. files and is very suitable for everyday use. Almost every German school PC has it installed along with MS Office. However the UI will remind you of MS Office 2003 

[Sintezza]

There are 2 options.

 

1 Using the Wine emulator.

 

2 Installing Windows in a virtual machine.

 

- KVM.

- Gnome Boxes.

- Virtualbox.

[MarcoTexture]

9 hours ago, Sintezza said:

There are 2 options.

 

1 Using the Wine emulator.

 

2 Installing Windows in a virtual machine.

 

- KVM.

- Gnome Boxes.

- Virtualbox.

a windows vm is the ideal solution imo.

[kcryim94]

I've used wine with ms office 2003 and it works OK but for later versions better use a VM.

[Azatoth]

Libreoffice is for linux. Just put it the right format and it will work on any computer running ms office.

[CRSaka..]

On 8/24/2016 at 5:55 AM, DeezNoNos said:

libre office is has problems which ms office. I am the only one in my SCHOOL on linux, soo i need ms office

 

source: European Commission: Complex Singularity vs Openness

Everything has problems with MS Office....even MS Office.

 

[CRSaka..]

14 hours ago, Azatoth said:

Libreoffice is for linux. Just put it the right format and it will work on any computer running ms office.

Though in simple scenarios this might be true. In many scenarios it is not. see European Commision's report on it.

[CRSaka..]

On 8/24/2016 at 5:44 AM, DeezNoNos said:

I would like it too be all freeware except the ms office of course 

An alternative would be to request to submit them as PDFs any reasonable teacher shouldn't object to this given your lack of options.

If you know it'll be a fight take in a little research to prove the issue isn't an intentionally corrupted docx. Or continue using Libre and just make 3 copies(txt, pdf, docx) try to submit the docx if that fails start going through your fallbacks. The txt and pdf will work because the issue isn't LibreOffice.

• text will only save the text.-just in case
• pdf would display exactly as it was when you saved it.

Good luck.

[Sintezza]

There is also Kingsoft wps office for linux.