Working with Linux in a Microsoft/Google-dominated environment

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  • winapps

    Run Windows apps such as Microsoft Office/Adobe in Linux (Ubuntu/Fedora) and GNOME/KDE as if they were a part of the native OS, including Nautilus integration.

  • The specific kvm solution I have is using Fmstrat's winapps (which now has instructions for fedora and arch as well) which essentially keeps a thin Win10 VM going on the background with native-fied apps from the VM running on your desktop via freerdp (though that has issues with floating elements so I usually just use the full fat freerdp option). The only issue is that it can be a bit heavy (I recommend using thin Win10 iso like ReviOS or Win10 AME for this) and that it can only specifically read from your home path but tsclient thankfully can read link so I just linked my document folders to ~/Documents/Storage.

  • onedrive

    OneDrive Client for Linux

  • To sorta replace OneDrive, I've used a combination of syncthing and abraunegg's OneDrive sync. I found that the latter option has some issue syncing each devices' database and the OneDrive server's database with the jank setup I have with my work-given laptop, my still-old personal laptop I use when at work/outside, and my PC I use at home. In the end, I just have a /home/{USER}/OneDrive/ directory that I sync with syncthing between my linux devices and to the D:\\OneDrive\ on my always-on work-laptop which would sync the updates to OneDrive cloud for instant access for my co-workers and vendor partners.

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  • wslg

    Enabling the Windows Subsystem for Linux to include support for Wayland and X server related scenarios

  • richdocuments

    📑 Collabora Online for Nextcloud

  • I use the CODE Server which is currently broken (https://github.com/nextcloud/richdocuments/issues/1282) for all users, the best solution would be using a different server for the document server or running it in a container, I haven't had time to do this lol

  • syncthing-android

    Wrapper of syncthing for Android.

  • To sorta replace OneDrive, I've used a combination of syncthing and abraunegg's OneDrive sync. I found that the latter option has some issue syncing each devices' database and the OneDrive server's database with the jank setup I have with my work-given laptop, my still-old personal laptop I use when at work/outside, and my PC I use at home. In the end, I just have a /home/{USER}/OneDrive/ directory that I sync with syncthing between my linux devices and to the D:\\OneDrive\ on my always-on work-laptop which would sync the updates to OneDrive cloud for instant access for my co-workers and vendor partners.

  • zoom-redirector

    Zoom Redirector is a browser extension that transparently redirects any meeting links to use Zoom's browser based web client.

  • For video conference, my work use Zoom, and I just use zoom-redirector since Firefox's share-screen handling is better than the official apps or the snap/flatpak's handling for wayland at the moment. That said, I do keep Brave and Edge for a Chromium option when I have to deal with one vendor's Sharepoint and whatever other jank setups the vendors have for CRM and stuff.

  • Flatseal

    Manage Flatpak permissions

  • Yes, and if it can't, just use flatseal.

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  • ONLYOFFICE

    ONLYOFFICE Docs is a free collaborative online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, forms and PDF, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx and enabling collaborative editing in real time.

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    :page_facing_up: Awesome CV is LaTeX template for your outstanding job application

  • Certainly, I‘d not dream of trying to design my CV with LaTeX. Using templates is a lot of fun though, like this one which has helped me secure two jobs!

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