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#41
Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Run Microsoft Office 365 o...
Last post by fox - September 30, 2024, 07:44:07 AMI would also not count out Wine for getting MS Office 365 to work. I know that the programmers at Codeweavers make regular contributions to Wine. The advantage of Crossover is that it automates the installation procedure for all of the PC products it supports. In the case of Office 365, I see that it preinstalls a bunch of Microsoft fonts and apps that are needed to run Office. But I would be surprised if you can't do the same on Wine; manually with instructions. Here is one set of such instructions: here.
#42
Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Run Microsoft Office 365 o...
Last post by Jason - September 29, 2024, 08:21:27 PMYep, I meant the price of CrossOver. I suppose that for basic needs most people can use Office 365 online. It seems that now they call it Microsoft 365. It's odd to me but I'm not a marketing guy.
I'll have to subscribe to their email list to get it when it's discounted.
I'll have to subscribe to their email list to get it when it's discounted.
#43
Entertainment / Re: Very good audio book - The...
Last post by Jason - September 29, 2024, 08:13:53 PMSounds good, Bill. 
See what I did there? I find it hard to listen to audiobooks. Ironically, I suppose, I lose focus. The same happens with reading, but it requires less energy to concentrate than audiobooks.
I think it's related to ADHD. The focus issue overall certainly is, but I'm not sure if it's easier to read than listen to audio for most people with ADHD.
Nora's been listening to old mysteries on CBC from YouTube. And I do like podcasts occasionally; they're usually related to science.
See what I did there? I find it hard to listen to audiobooks. Ironically, I suppose, I lose focus. The same happens with reading, but it requires less energy to concentrate than audiobooks.I think it's related to ADHD. The focus issue overall certainly is, but I'm not sure if it's easier to read than listen to audio for most people with ADHD.
Nora's been listening to old mysteries on CBC from YouTube. And I do like podcasts occasionally; they're usually related to science.
#44
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by Jason - September 29, 2024, 08:07:44 PMI can't remember Virtualbox or VMware Workstation crashing on me, either. Have you tried it on other hardware, William?
#45
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by buster - September 26, 2024, 07:40:55 PM" I used VirtualBox, VMware, and Hyper-V at work, and I've settled on Hyper-V. It crashes the least."
My using of a virtual Linux is mild I'm sure compared to what you are doing William. I'm happy if I can communicate between host and virtual and transfer data. However, in all the years I've done this, none of them have ever crashed. I am using the older VMWare. Will have to try the newest free release, which is apparently a full commercial clone.
My using of a virtual Linux is mild I'm sure compared to what you are doing William. I'm happy if I can communicate between host and virtual and transfer data. However, in all the years I've done this, none of them have ever crashed. I am using the older VMWare. Will have to try the newest free release, which is apparently a full commercial clone.
#46
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by William - September 22, 2024, 11:27:45 AMQuote from: buster on September 21, 2024, 06:01:09 PM"To over simplify, Hyper-v turns the host AND The guest os(es) into virtual machines, The host os is a virtualized......"My brain hurts, too, because I didn't know that. I used VirtualBox, VMware, and Hyper-V at work, and I've settled on Hyper-V. It crashes the least. From memory,
My brain hurts.
- Hyper-V allows you to access network only. So, it crashes less.
- VMware allows you to access network, usb, file share. So, it crashes more.
- VirtualBox allows you to access network, usb, com, file share. So, it crashes most.
#47
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by buster - September 21, 2024, 06:01:09 PM"To over simplify, Hyper-v turns the host AND The guest os(es) into virtual machines, The host os is a virtualized......"
My brain hurts.
My brain hurts.
#48
Support / Re: Running a Virtual Linux Ma...
Last post by cod3poet - September 20, 2024, 07:23:56 PMTo over simplify, Hyper-v turns the host AND The guest os(es) into virtual machines, The host os is a virtualized environment with direct hardware access, and further guest os(es) are 100% virtual, although later versions allow you to do some hardware passthrough. The have your cake and eat it too is tough. Mostly because of the limitations of the host hardware in this situation.
I use a Mac for work, but 70% of the productive stuff that I do is done from a windows machine I remote into FROM the Mac, and the other is 20% linux VM / Linux tools through homebrew. And the rest is Email and Chat and some browsing in 1 of 7 profiles in google chrome.
Yes a perfect world would be a performant MacOS under virtualization probably running Qemu/KVM with GPU passthrough which is only for recent and expensive video cards to get the buttery smooth mac like performance.
Secondly the lock-in for iMessage is purely intentional. Otherwise KDE would have been all over that with an app to allow you to read your messages in linux a decade ago!
In my hybrid world, I have keyboard and mouse connected to my laptop via usb-c Dock, that also does 4k60 output to a 43 inch TV. Then I use Synergy as a virtual KVM over my home network to the mac which is to the right of the TV. One keyboard and mouse, and unlimited operating systems. Just move the mouse to the far left of my windows machine MAC, far right of Mac and it's Windows with WSL2 and Arch! And for bonus nerd points, I have a Moonlight Game streaming connection setup to yet another box running Windows 11 that I can connect to from either machine.
The only difference is I am applying the right hardware to the right workloads.
I use a Mac for work, but 70% of the productive stuff that I do is done from a windows machine I remote into FROM the Mac, and the other is 20% linux VM / Linux tools through homebrew. And the rest is Email and Chat and some browsing in 1 of 7 profiles in google chrome.
Yes a perfect world would be a performant MacOS under virtualization probably running Qemu/KVM with GPU passthrough which is only for recent and expensive video cards to get the buttery smooth mac like performance.
Secondly the lock-in for iMessage is purely intentional. Otherwise KDE would have been all over that with an app to allow you to read your messages in linux a decade ago!
In my hybrid world, I have keyboard and mouse connected to my laptop via usb-c Dock, that also does 4k60 output to a 43 inch TV. Then I use Synergy as a virtual KVM over my home network to the mac which is to the right of the TV. One keyboard and mouse, and unlimited operating systems. Just move the mouse to the far left of my windows machine MAC, far right of Mac and it's Windows with WSL2 and Arch! And for bonus nerd points, I have a Moonlight Game streaming connection setup to yet another box running Windows 11 that I can connect to from either machine.
The only difference is I am applying the right hardware to the right workloads.
#49
Entertainment / Very good audio book - The Clo...
Last post by ssfc72 - September 20, 2024, 08:36:28 AMA very good 7 hour audio book featuring the fictional retired detective, Hercule Poirot.
A secretary for hire is given a job to go to a blind woman's house for some typing work. She enters the house and finds a man dead, with 4 clocks on a table, all stopped at 4:15.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCcnf6k2xtE
A secretary for hire is given a job to go to a blind woman's house for some typing work. She enters the house and finds a man dead, with 4 clocks on a table, all stopped at 4:15.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCcnf6k2xtE
#50
Linux Applications & Android apps / Re: Run Microsoft Office 365 o...
Last post by fox - September 18, 2024, 07:22:35 AMIf you are referring to the cost of Crossover Linux, I got that for about $40; just look for specials. I know that the folks who develop Crossover contribute heavily to the code in Wine. I suspect that you can now run Office 365 from Wine if you look for instructions on the internet. It might run on PlayonLinux someday. I say that because it now runs Office 2016, which has a Microsoft account sign-in just like Office 365. Office 2010 is the latest version of MS Office that doesn't have a sign-in; it runs pretty well on Wine, POL and Crossover.
The other thing about the Crossover version that I didn't say enough about is that it allows you to sign in to Office 365 from your university account. Students and faculty of many universities get Office 365 "free" (the university pays for it but students and faculty don't), but until recently, you couldn't install and run the versions of Office on Linux that require a university sign-in. The problem was serial number. There is no serial number in the traditional sense with a university version. It either checks the university server for eligibility (if you are running a university computer and plugged in at the university), or it requires you to sign into your university account. So the private versions could run in Linux earlier than the university versions (from Office 2016 on).
The other thing about the Crossover version that I didn't say enough about is that it allows you to sign in to Office 365 from your university account. Students and faculty of many universities get Office 365 "free" (the university pays for it but students and faculty don't), but until recently, you couldn't install and run the versions of Office on Linux that require a university sign-in. The problem was serial number. There is no serial number in the traditional sense with a university version. It either checks the university server for eligibility (if you are running a university computer and plugged in at the university), or it requires you to sign into your university account. So the private versions could run in Linux earlier than the university versions (from Office 2016 on).