Office 2010 installs and runs nicely if you use play_on_linux. On linux desktop anyway but thats what i would try on ltsp. 12.6.2013 21.04 "Frank Van Damme" <[email protected]> kirjoitti:
> 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 >
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