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Linux Reaches 5% Desktop Market Share In USA (ostechnix.com)
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[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I switched to mint like a month before PewDiePie lol

My main issue is that I kinda need actual Excel every so often because I require things like power query. I tried installing it using Wine, but it needs to authenticate with Microsofts servers, even the older versions.

[–] Threeme2189@sh.itjust.works 7 points 4 days ago

You can spin up a virtual machine running Tiny10 and install office on that. Should work fine.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I switched over to EndeavourOS around the same time. I relegated my old windows install to a virtual image, which I boot into for specific games and Excel. 10/10 recommend.

[–] eugenia@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Have you tried OnlyOffice? It has better compatibility with MS formats than LibreOffice.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

OnlyOffice is worse (and not because of the security breach implications), but because it misses the Ctrl+D shortcut (copies the cell above to the current cell). Which is something I use A LOT for data entry.

[–] fading_person@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Wait, what security breach implications?

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 1 points 23 hours ago

Can't find the exact article I found about the security issues, I did find some more controversies surrounding it, but this thread is about the best Ican do regarding the information with the security breaches: https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/fpurk6/stop_recommending_onlyoffice/