Can you use Microsoft Office on Linux?
Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 at
22:01
So im a normal game player and i download a lot of things and i hear that Linux dont have virus and i was thinking of getting it instead of Windows but i really need Office to make homework and stuff
Oh by the way when i mean Games i mean games like emulator GBA old things
I didn’t mean legal games 
Plus i have lots of computers and probably im getting another one next month
Tagged with: game player • homework • legal games • Linux • virus
Filed under: Microsoft
Like this post? Subscribe to my RSS feed and get loads more!
1. No, you can not run Microsoft Office on Linux natively, but you can get LibreOffice which is, IMO, almost as good paying 400 dollars for MS Office 2010.
2. Can you play normal games on Linux natively? No, you can only play the semi-good games.
3. Can you play emulators and ROMs on Linux, yes, they have plenty of them, from ZSNES, and DOSBox.
If all you need is MS Office is for homework, LibreOffice will be more than enough for you. LibreOffice is completely free.
You can use WINE to run Windows games on Linux, and sometimes they run really well depending on your specs and how much work you put into it. Here’s someone playing Crysis 2 on Linux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WgjTpZBAgQ
In the repositories, you can easily get the emulators and you can download ROMs at your pleasure. If you have ROMs on your Windows install, you can copy files from there to Linux INSIDE of Linux. It will mount your C: and you can transfer any files you want, including music, videos, pictures, and more!
I’m sure Ubuntu would be great for you.
If you have tons of computers, then you can put Ubuntu on an old one just for fun, or on your primary and try it out for a month until your new one comes… *Rich SOB…*
You can’t get Office, but you can use LibreOffice on Linux which is the next best thing to compete with MS Office. If you’re a gamer then switching to Linux is a bad idea since you can’t run any commercial games on it…even if WINE since the WINE project is huge failure.
yo hablo español
I have heard of people install Microsoft office on Linux through a configured Wine/Crossfire program, but to be honest most Linux users would rather use OpenOffice or LibreOffice instead.
You can run MS Office through WINE on Linux, which is like a Windows emulator. However, that’s a lot of trouble to go through when you have applications like LibreOffice and OpenOffice that can create and read MS Office file formats.
And if you’re in to old games, you’ll feel right at home on Linux. There are TONS of old school games.