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From: vallor <vallor@cultnix.org>
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Subject: Re: My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it
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Date: 18 May 2025 00:17:05 GMT
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On Sun, 18 May 2025 00:07:15 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro
<ldo@nz.invalid> wrote in <100b8bj$kn2g$5@dont-email.me>:

> On Sat, 17 May 2025 12:33:47 +0200, Michael Logies wrote:
> 
>> "Google Office" (Google Workspace, even the free version) easily
>> replaces Microsoft Office ...
> 
> Yes, but it’s not “Microsoft Office” any more, is it: it’s now the
> cloud-
> based “Microsoft 365”, which is officially supported on Linux, if you
> really want.

I've been using Microsoft 365 (when necessary) for years, including Teams.

Some people still want to use the standalone product though.  One
tool you can't use on Linux is MS Access -- darn it.  (If my folks
weren't so deeply invested in Access databases, I would have switched
them to Linux within the last few years.)

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   OS: Linux 6.14.6 Release: Mint 22.1 Mem: 258G
   "Almost went crazy. Would have been a real short trip."