[mdlug] IBM plants Linux on the desktop

[Michael Corral]

2007-02-14, Monsieur Ingles, Raymond a ecrit:
> "I do not like the Linux office programs and I feel
> like I have given them the old college try.  I simply do not care for
> it... when it takes me three hours to do something I could
> have done in one hour, it is not benefiting myself nor our family."
>
> She wants Office. She's even willing to get a separate new computer
> for it. I'm trying to avoid that just to save money - obviously I'd
> love a brand-new computer, but we have other places to put money. I'm
> going to get a trial version of Crossover and see if that'll placate
> her. If not, I'll get some extra RAM for a computer in our basement
> and make that the Windows computer.

Have you tried Qemu? I run that on the rare occasion when I need to
use some Windows app in Linux. I used it to install MS Office, and
it works fine. And unlike Crossover (which I've also used) it doesn't
use Wine or any kind of Windows emulation, and it's free.

Michael