CrossOver [Official Site], the commercial interface for Wine has a new major version out, which uses the upcoming Wine 2.0 code.
CodeWeavers, the company behind CrossOver, contribute directly to the development of Wine and they host the Wine website. Buying a copy of CrossOver helps the development of Wine continue.
See the release announcement here.
Changelog
* Application Support:
* CrossOver now supports Microsoft Office 2013!
* Microsoft Office 2013 can be activated with either an Office 365 subscription or a product key.
* Core Technology Improvements:
* CrossOver 16 is based on Wine 2.0, with thousands of improvements to Windows compatibility across the board.
* CrossOver now supports 64-bit Windows applications, with new bottle templates and 64-bit dependency management.
* Bug Fixes:
* Quicken 2014-2016 updates will now apply automatically during installation.
* Fixed a bug which prevented saving very large files in Microsoft Excel 2010
* Fixed a bug which prevented opening hyperlinks from documents in Microsoft Office 2010.
* Shell folder links will now be updated when importing bottles into CrossOver from an archive file.
* Fixed an audio bug which could cause Blizzard games to emit unwanted noises from the speaker.
* Fixed a bug in Tencent QQ which caused the application to hang when adding a new contact.
* Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 will display correctly again. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
CodeWeavers, the company behind CrossOver, contribute directly to the development of Wine and they host the Wine website. Buying a copy of CrossOver helps the development of Wine continue.
See the release announcement here.
Changelog
* Application Support:
* CrossOver now supports Microsoft Office 2013!
* Microsoft Office 2013 can be activated with either an Office 365 subscription or a product key.
* Core Technology Improvements:
* CrossOver 16 is based on Wine 2.0, with thousands of improvements to Windows compatibility across the board.
* CrossOver now supports 64-bit Windows applications, with new bottle templates and 64-bit dependency management.
* Bug Fixes:
* Quicken 2014-2016 updates will now apply automatically during installation.
* Fixed a bug which prevented saving very large files in Microsoft Excel 2010
* Fixed a bug which prevented opening hyperlinks from documents in Microsoft Office 2010.
* Shell folder links will now be updated when importing bottles into CrossOver from an archive file.
* Fixed an audio bug which could cause Blizzard games to emit unwanted noises from the speaker.
* Fixed a bug in Tencent QQ which caused the application to hang when adding a new contact.
* Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 will display correctly again. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Upgraded tonight, Deus Ex Human Revolution doesn't run without glitches anymore. Just freezes with CSMT enabled, and corrupted using StrictDrawOrdering. Well, I'll wait for some fix.
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Finally office 2013. Maybe it help some new users to migrate on linux
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Quoting: GuestQuoting: fabry92Finally office 2013. Maybe it help some new users to migrate on linux
Forgive me if this is an incredibly naïve question: What can people do in Office 2013 that they can't already do in LibreOffice or Open Office (which are both free and supported in Linux)?
Habitude :)
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Quoting: GuestQuoting: fabry92Finally office 2013. Maybe it help some new users to migrate on linux
Forgive me if this is an incredibly naïve question: What can people do in Office 2013 that they can't already do in LibreOffice or Open Office (which are both free and supported in Linux)?
Also not just the habitude, I personally know a few people that will switch to linux in the near future and they need MS Office specifically because that's exactly what they use on work and it is obviously easier to work from home while having MS Office availible rather than learning to do the same thing 2 different ways :) Having Office 2013 fully availible on linux could be a huge deal maker for a lot of users :) This in combination with Overwatch, 64-bit programs working is huge for the Wine project's future, it seems like their development is everything but slowing down!
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Comandante Ñoñardo Dec 14, 2016
Even when I have a windows 7 machine, I have a license of Crossover that I purchased before that, so I am downloading it right now for testing purposes.
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boltronics Dec 14, 2016
I've got a CrossOver subscription (just to support CodeWeavers really), but never use it. Now that it's got 64-bit support, I'll be giving it another look!
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buenaventura Dec 14, 2016
What a nightmare, to open my computer and find MS OFFICE there! AAAARGHHHHH! I am not buying this.
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TheRiddick Dec 14, 2016
* CrossOver now supports 64-bit Windows applications, with new bottle templates and 64-bit dependency management.
Well this took them like FOREVER to do, maybe I will consider buying a licence sometime next year when I change to a AMD based system.
Well this took them like FOREVER to do, maybe I will consider buying a licence sometime next year when I change to a AMD based system.
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Quoting: Hori(and I really, really like Evince - Linux's default GTK document viewer)Second that! I was using the version of it on PortableApps when I had to view PDFs on a Windows PC and despite that version being from GNOME 2 it was amazingly fast and useful!
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Quoting: fabry92Finally office 2013. Maybe it help some new users to migrate on linux
Seriously: "Microsoft Office" under Linux? So you could stay also on Windows with native support. No use for this Office-Suite! And this is also a false promise for any migration.
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