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Show HN: Microsoft Office running with Wine on Linux with no virtualization

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rkagerer · 1789751083 · focus · HN ↗
That's ok, I still prefer Word 2003 to the bloated, web-wired, ribbon-infested garbage that came after.
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1. tombert · 1789751382 · focus · HN ↗
  Yeah, I think I mentioned it here a few months ago, but I got Office 97 working with Wine, and I was sort of flabbergasted at how usable it still is. It worked fine with my system's TrueType fonts, it does all the formatting I care about, and given that it's nearly 30 year old software it runs obscenely fast. If I weren't a grumpy die-hard CLI person I would probably still consider using it.
  All that said, there are a lot of people who want the absolute latest MS Office. I don't get it either.

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