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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Have you tried creating a Linux VM in Windows then installing Wine there. That might create a black hole or something.

Or you could just port your worksheets to Google Sheets and access them from your MacBook Pro (or a Chromebook, if on a budget).

But, if you dig VMs, the way to go would be to boot native into Linux, then start up your favorite flavor of Windows in a VM and run whatever Office products you fancy. No need for Wine.

The Wine alternative allows you to skip the VM under Linux — you just start up Office on your Linux desktop, and it works. Probably best if you have Windows-based collaborators and you find that Office on Wine works for their documents. If not, the Windoze VM is your fallback solution.

Of course, if all you need is some worksheets, and you don't need compatibility with Windoze users' documents, you should consider LibreOffice or OpenOffice.

Of just use Google Sheets if you have some numbers you want to mess with.

59 posted on 01/24/2017 11:02:57 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

I don’t suppose my little Rasberry PI would be a good candidate for testing.


60 posted on 01/25/2017 5:53:40 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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