I’ve recently switched to Linux (Debian Bookworm) because I was tired of all the bullshits I had to deal with when using Windows, especially when developing software.

Now I really have to use MS Office applications for my school. Libreoffice is good but not completely compatible with MSOffice, like I can’t use the log graph in the template provided. And their web apps are nearly unusable (especially with Firefox and its variants) , so I need desktop versions.

I can use VM maybe but I don’t want to pay for the Windows license.

How do you guys manage to open MS files appropriately?

Edit: 2024/12/26 I ended up using Windows inside KVM. It worked without license, and office seems to work fine

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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      28 days ago

      Some people like to suffer.

      I’ll go a long way to reduce my data exposure, but ffs, Windows and Office are the standard worldwide, for a reason. It’s just naive and foolish to fight this battle while you have enough pressure and time limits as it is.

      And I run multiple Linux-based systems in my home lab, but my laptop is windows, because “ain’t nobody got time for that”, as Sweet Brown would say.

    • fin@sh.itjust.worksOP
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      28 days ago

      You’re not wrong, but switching to Linux is considered better in this community than sticking with Windows, I guess.

      I switched to Linux because I hate Microsoft’s monopoly, privacy invasion and their horrible operating system.

      But to be honest, I kind of just wanted to do things differently.