Does LINUX support microsoft office and other microsoft products?
Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 at
14:04
I am trying to start a fixing computer business and since i can not afford to buy windows xp for every computer why not install LINUX on all the computers i sell.
SO customers dont have spyware problems and viruses…… SO does linux support microsoft products such as office??????
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Older versions of Microsoft Office are known to work in Linux BUT Microsoft Office 2007 doesn't work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#Desktop
no but there are tons of free alternatives. you cannot run any wondows software on linux.
Some versions of office are supported under the WINE system, but no, linux does not directly support ANY program that runs under windows.
Most linux distros come with Open Office, those that don't can have Open Office installed easily for free and can open Microsoft Word and Excel documents without problems.
Open Office is also available for windoze.
http://openoffice.org
Look for OpenOffice instead.
Whats a microsoft? Open office has "compatible format" .
Linux rocks!!!
Ok, if you read my previous entries, you know I'm pretty much a Linux supporter (as I write this on my computer running Mepis Linux), but looking at your paragraph above, I see you have a major problem. You say that you are "trying to start a fixing computer business" but in the same sentence you say "on all the computers I sell." If you are trying to fix a computer, why are you selling them?
To be blatantly honest, you are going to have a really, really, REALLY hard time trying to sell Linux to the general public. I say that because I know first hand how frustrating a Linux distro can be to someone who has no information as to how to run it. I'm not saying impossible, but since most people I know that are "into" computers are gamers, there's the first problem. Most game manufactures do not cater to the Linux community (which is a big shame).
The second problem happens when they realize that most of their ISP won't offer them support for they're non-Microsoft or non-Apple operating systems. So what happens when these people have a problem with the internet, a computer tech comes out to fix the problem, and the tech has little to no information on how to fix the problem in Linux?
I realize that this isn't your question, but you really ought to think about it.
Now, as for your real question, yes, some Microsoft products will run on Linux with the help of a program called Wine. You also can use OpenOffice.org to take care of all of your office needs. The only problem with using OpenOffice: If you save a document as a .doc (Microsoft format) file, then you open it with Word on a Windows computer, you will see multiple formating error (weird fonts, rules in wrong places, ect.). That would be pretty bad for if you send a resume online to a prospective employer.
The same type of problem will most likely occur with the other parts of OpenOffice.org.
That was problably too much information, but you really should think about everything I just wrote. Good luck!
Hey, great post, very well written. You should write more about this.