• BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I want it to evolve to support more desktop applications. This is the one thing that will continue to hamper Linux adoption. Games are the best place to start, but we need all those old obscure, irreplaceable desktop apps to work now.

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      21 hours ago

      Get it to run Office and you’ve a game changer.

      Yes, yes I know Libre/Open Office but try telling Shelly in Accounting who still struggles with Excel after 36 years of experience.

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        11 hours ago

        Well, Office365 works fine. You can even run it in MS Edge if you want.

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            Locked in their ecosystem because they’re abusing their dominant position

            “cock suckers” don’t make sense here though

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        I would imagine older versions can run properly, no? Like maybe 2007 or 2010. Later ones got too integrated with the OS which must be the main difficulty.

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      It’s built on Wine, any general improvements to compatibility will generally support desktop programs using the same APIs