MS Office 265 Excel install on SteamOS w/ Proton? 👍/👎?

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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.

  • Your options are: * OnlyOffice - which has some compatibility challenges * Libre Office - which has some compatibility challenges * Dual booting windows - perfect compatibility but kind of annoying * Run windows in a VM - but I’m not sure what performance would be like and it’s not the most seamless experience * Something exotic like Winapps - which may be challenging to set up but could be the most seamless

  • 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.

  • Your options are: * OnlyOffice - which has some compatibility challenges * Libre Office - which has some compatibility challenges * Dual booting windows - perfect compatibility but kind of annoying * Run windows in a VM - but I’m not sure what performance would be like and it’s not the most seamless experience * Something exotic like Winapps - which may be challenging to set up but could be the most seamless

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  • LibreOffice

    Read-only LibreOffice core repo - no pull request (use gerrit instead https://gerrit.libreoffice.org/) - don't download zip, use https://dev-www.libreoffice.org/bundles/ instead (by LibreOffice)

  • Your options are: * OnlyOffice - which has some compatibility challenges * Libre Office - which has some compatibility challenges * Dual booting windows - perfect compatibility but kind of annoying * Run windows in a VM - but I’m not sure what performance would be like and it’s not the most seamless experience * Something exotic like Winapps - which may be challenging to set up but could be the most seamless

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