2013/6/11 Joseph Bishay <[email protected]>: > > I've been asked to figure out how to have staff access MS Word using > our network. OpenOffice / Libre Office apparently isn't good enough > (compatibility issues when moving files between one location that's > Word and one that's Libre Office). > > Is this possible? I know there's software like Wine and Crossover - > are those the recommended ways to do this? Or remote desktop to a > Windows server? If that is the case, will the staff still be able to > access their LTSP home files? > > I appreciate your feedback!
No single answer is going to be the best to this question, but my advice would be: try Wine and test it. The "normal" wine versions are installable by ubuntu packages so that's practical; with some luck you may run the installer out of the box. Support is not perfect but it seems to work: http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=11 If you're going to try any proprietary derivative of Wine, Crossover or bordeaux are probably the best bet in your situation. http://wiki.winehq.org/ThirdPartyApplications I personally would only start looking at remote application solutions if none of the above suits your needs; for example a Citrix server to run just the Office applications, which will be a lot less practical to your end user because the integration with their desktop will be bad (things like drag and drop). -- Frank Van Damme "My new computer came with Windows 7. Windows 7 is much more user- friendly than Windows Vista. I don’t like that.” -- Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory -- edubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
