Linux vs Windows

[manfrommars]

I've been using Linux for quite some time now, but I think I'll be switching to Windows 10 for 100% MS Word compatibility. I love Linux and hate Windows intrusiveness, but...

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[i_am_a_champ]

You dont like Libreoffice?

[Citizen Koba]

I've been using Linux for quite some time now, but I think I'll be switching to Windows 10 for 100% MS Word compatibility. I love Linux and hate Windows intrusiveness, but...

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I use both... dual boot on seperate drives Linux Ubuntu and Win 10. Got an older machine held together - not complertely metaphorically - with duct tape and chewing gum, and having em on seperate drives has proved it's use numerous times over the years to help me get back up and running in a hurry when I've had catastrophic faults on one OS or the other or had a drive die on me.

Mainly use the windows for gaming, Ubuntu for most other things - like you I really ain't a Microsoft fan - and I use Libre Office on both Ubuntu and Windows although I recently picked up a copy of MS Office on the cheap for Ms K cos she was running into compatability problems with some of her presentations on Libre.

[manfrommars]

You dont like Libreoffice?

It's decent, but it's sort of dangerous to rely on it for important documents. If you send a resume, for example, created in Libreoffice and save it as a Word Document, the formatting and look doesn't always appear on the receiver's end as intended - like extra paragraphs or bullet points not showing and stuff like that. I only recently discovered my documents I was sending looked different on Windows 10 machines. Other than that, I love Linux.

[manfrommars]

I use both... dual boot on seperate drives Linux Ubuntu and Win 10. Got an older machine held together - not complertely metaphorically - with duct tape and chewing gum, and having em on seperate drives has proved it's use numerous times over the years to help me get back up and running in a hurry when I've had catastrophic faults on one OS or the other or had a drive die on me.

Mainly use the windows for gaming, Ubuntu for most other things - like you I really ain't a Microsoft fan - and I use Libre Office on both Ubuntu and Windows although I recently picked up a copy of MS Office on the cheap for Ms K cos she was running into compatability problems with some of her presentations on Libre.

Oh yeah the same situation probably for me, I'll never totally give up on Linux and have it around on an old desktop - it's always saved me numerous time when Windows has made a USB unrecognizable

[jaded]

I've been using Linux for quite some time now, but I think I'll be switching to Windows 10 for 100% MS Word compatibility. I love Linux and hate Windows intrusiveness, but...

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Have you tried this?

[manfrommars]

Have you tried this?

Thanks will give it a shot.

[Citizen Koba]

Thanks will give it a shot.

used to use Play-on-linux a fair bit to get games to run on Ubuntu and it was kind of hit and miss then (4 or 5 years ago maybe) although it was mainly newer games it struggled with. Never tried any other kinds of software with it though, and even then it was improving all the time.

[jaded]

Thanks will give it a shot.

I guess the easiest thing to do would be to use Microsoft Office 365 Online in your web browser. That's straight forward.

I use WPS Office (it's free) on my Win 10, it seems to be compatible with MS. There is a Linux version as well and...maybe give that a try.

[i_am_a_champ]

It's decent, but it's sort of dangerous to rely on it for important documents. If you send a resume, for example, created in Libreoffice and save it as a Word Document, the formatting and look doesn't always appear on the receiver's end as intended - like extra paragraphs or bullet points not showing and stuff like that. I only recently discovered my documents I was sending looked different on Windows 10 machines. Other than that, I love Linux.

Use office 365 , subscriptions are quite cheap

You can stay on Linux