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Hey does anyone know how to get microsoft suite apps on linux? (lemmy.world)

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I want to get word, excel, powerpoint, onedrive and copilot on ubuntu, anyone know how?

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Idk if this has been proven, but I'm certain that the current desktop versions of Office apps are just Electron-style wrappers for the web versions. I switched from Windows to Linux about a year ago and have found the web apps to be perfectly sufficient

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

If so, they're pretty good at covering it up. You can usually tell Electron apps from how they behave (mousing over any clickable UI elements turns into a hand on Electron but native apps usually don't, etc.) but I've always thought that Office apps, including the latest, are native.

Its pretty clear that old Outlook is native and the new Outlook is Electron just based on how it feels.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

My reason to use M$ Office was Visual Basic which didn't work on Libre Office and that doesn't work in the web apps either.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

In my opinion the web apps are better. i work for two companies using their own IT setups; at both, the installed W10 apps suck. They get stuck and lag or struggle to scroll to data im searching etc. The web app always works as expected, assuming your internet is good