office365-pol
A PlayOnLinux script that utilizes the version of Wine made for CrossOver to run Microsoft 365 Apps / Office 365 without requiring any paid CrossOver components (by DonutsBl)
silverblue-site
website for Fedora Silverblue (by fedora-silverblue)
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| office365-pol | silverblue-site | |
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| 4 | 25 | |
| 31 | 42 | |
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| 2.6 | 5.1 | |
| about 1 month ago | 8 days ago | |
| Shell | HTML | |
| BSD Zero Clause License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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office365-pol
Posts with mentions or reviews of office365-pol.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-12-15.
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Most windows users don't know about compatibility layers.
Now they do office365-pol
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An ode to Flatpak (and Fedora Silverblue)
Yes, I know of it. I currently use it from AUR. I use CrossOver specifically and only for Office 365 (that and support Wine development). I saw that Bottles does have a winecx build in their list of runners, but I haven't seen an Installer for Office yet, so while in theory I could use Bottles, I'm currently sticking with CrossOver for this specific usecase.
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Linux is a life changer
Or just give up and run Office 365 via CrossOver. There's apparently a way to get it working with PoL for free, but with my distro-hopping ways and the fact that I need to do it for work (instead of for fun) I have no patience for that. Plus, it feels good to donate for Wine/Proton development anyways and even better if I have an actual use for it.
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What's your opinion on Linux for school use?
For Office, the option currently is either use CrossOver (which is paid, though it can be cheaper with discounts) to install Office or to use a fairly lengthy process to follow the process CrossOver does manually. While I'm currently pinning my hope on Bottles Installer, for now WPS Office mostly works fine as long as you don't work with macros.
silverblue-site
Posts with mentions or reviews of silverblue-site.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-26.
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Is Pop!_OS aiming to be an immutable OS?
It's a relatively new concept for distros where OS core packages are locked down and user space software is installed in containers as opposed to added onto the entire system packages. Two popular examples are Vanilla OS and Silverblue
- Next step for a Windows 10 user?
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[Hobby Scuffles] Week of January 23, 2023
Some people has managed to find hacky workaround through the Flatpak sandbox to get certain apps working, and Fedora Silverblue/Kinoite and Steam Deck has been a major pusher for Flatpak adoption that OBS released an officially supported Linux version on Flatpak and Spotify is looking into an official Flatpak release (as opposed to the current community re-packaged one).
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Ask HN: How do you trust that your personal machine is not compromised?
I'm looking at current options, this[1] for example is packaged for Fedora, which is my daily driver.
But then I got to thinking, if I'm going to do a clean Fedora install for the tripwire (it's best practice) I might as well try Fedora Silverblue[2]. Silverblue is an immutable system so it kinda makes a tripwire less useful because no one can change any system files. Only files in your home directory and /etc can be modified statefully.
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Does it make sense to try to install / maintain a gentoo system in a vm for learning more about Linux?
Gentoo could provide a different perspective on how a Linux system can work compared to Arch, but if you’re going for different, then something like NixOS, Clear Linux, Fedora Silverblue, Ubuntu Core, or the aforementioned Buildroot is arguably going to be better because they provide more strongly differentiated perspectives compared to Arch.
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Can someone explain to me like I'm five why Linux hasn't figured it out the way applications should be packed to be easily installed?
Silverblue
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what minor tech projects do you absolutely adore?
Not sure if those can be considered "minor", but: OSTree, or more specifically rpm-ostree (Kinoite / Silverblue), and Flatpak.
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An ode to Flatpak (and Fedora Silverblue)
After converting all my traditional Linux computers to Flatpak and using this setup for over a year now, I wanted to write a little ode to Flatpak. A brief introduction about me: I am a long-term (10+ years) Linux user that distro hopped quite a while and eventually settled on Ubuntu (vanilla GNOME installed via mini.iso) and now Fedora Silverblue.
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Linux user share on Steam continues rising — highest for years again
You might want to look into a distro with an immutable file system like https://silverblue.fedoraproject.org
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Deal Valve, Please add Podman (and maybe Distrobox) to Steam OS so we can develop without breaking the read-only filesystem
This is how other immutable operating systems (Fedora Silverblue) deal with development in immutable environments.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing office365-pol and silverblue-site you can also consider the following projects:
distrobox - Use any linux distribution inside your terminal. Enable both backward and forward compatibility with software and freedom to use whatever distribution you’re more comfortable with. Mirror available at: https://gitlab.com/89luca89/distrobox
windows-defender-remover - A tool which is uses to remove Windows Defender in Windows 8.x, Windows 10 (every version) and Windows 11.
opensnitch - OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitch application firewall
LoveWindowsAgain - Fall in love with Windows 11
eget - Easily install prebuilt binaries from GitHub.
lossless-cut - The swiss army knife of lossless video/audio editing