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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Linux office suites are very capable and well polished these days. Our company uses some excel macro's that people rely on but nothing that couldn't be scripted on linux with a little effort.
However, the one thing linux does not have is a decent email client, I think this is the biggest thing crossover/office can solve. MS Exchange is part of life in a lot of organizations, I rely heavily on it. While MacOS has alternative clients that play nice, linux is pretty limited. Linux based clients range from terrible to "ok, but not feature complete". I see something around 15000+ work emails a year, a solid client thats not web based is a must, and nothing I've used on linux comes close to matching the productivity of Outlook, or my personal favourite Airmail. Every year or so I give it another go and there are improvements, Davmail works really well, and there are some nice looking projects like Geary. But so far linux based email clients have always lacked functionality, are clunky, sometimes unreliable, and simply not up to par with whats offered on other platforms. I contemplated going linux for my work laptop but ended up landing on a MacBook, email was a major part of the choice.
However, the one thing linux does not have is a decent email client, I think this is the biggest thing crossover/office can solve. MS Exchange is part of life in a lot of organizations, I rely heavily on it. While MacOS has alternative clients that play nice, linux is pretty limited. Linux based clients range from terrible to "ok, but not feature complete". I see something around 15000+ work emails a year, a solid client thats not web based is a must, and nothing I've used on linux comes close to matching the productivity of Outlook, or my personal favourite Airmail. Every year or so I give it another go and there are improvements, Davmail works really well, and there are some nice looking projects like Geary. But so far linux based email clients have always lacked functionality, are clunky, sometimes unreliable, and simply not up to par with whats offered on other platforms. I contemplated going linux for my work laptop but ended up landing on a MacBook, email was a major part of the choice.
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Quoting: MaCroX95Quoting: 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!
There's WPS which has been around almost 30 years now and at one point WPS was more popular than MS Word. It is Cross platform (Even on Android) and compatible with MS formats and free.
There's also OnlyOffice which is fully compatible with MS Office.
There's also Softmaker Office but it costs.
Google Docs, Sheets etc can also work with MS Office formats.
Plus Libre and OpenOffice..
There's no need for an actual MS Office release on Linux when there's plenty of other options available. If you need MS Office for some reason on Linux use the Cloud version which is going to be the only version before long which is another reason why a Linux version is out of the question. Anybody who's not happy with that can always use crossover or wine.
If you aren't happy using the Cloud version then you need to take a good look at where the world is headed because all applications are going to eventually be cloud based.
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Quoting: fatriffIf you aren't happy using the Cloud version then you need to take a good look at where the world is headed because all applications are going to eventually be cloud based.
Moving towards cloud based applications does not equal moving towards a future without any local applications. People will still need the advantage of being able to use their software without being connected to the internet.
There are also plenty of places in the world where people don't have a very stable internet, and places they don't have internet.
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Quoting: HalKadoLinux office suites are very capable and well polished these days. Our company uses some excel macro's that people rely on but nothing that couldn't be scripted on linux with a little effort.In what category did Evolution fall? I'be been using it for the last 5 years or so, and I actually think it's really good. And it supports Exchange, too...
However, the one thing linux does not have is a decent email client, I think this is the biggest thing crossover/office can solve. MS Exchange is part of life in a lot of organizations, I rely heavily on it. While MacOS has alternative clients that play nice, linux is pretty limited. Linux based clients range from terrible to "ok, but not feature complete". I see something around 15000+ work emails a year, a solid client thats not web based is a must, and nothing I've used on linux comes close to matching the productivity of Outlook, or my personal favourite Airmail. Every year or so I give it another go and there are improvements, Davmail works really well, and there are some nice looking projects like Geary. But so far linux based email clients have always lacked functionality, are clunky, sometimes unreliable, and simply not up to par with whats offered on other platforms. I contemplated going linux for my work laptop but ended up landing on a MacBook, email was a major part of the choice.
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Evolution fell in the clunky and unreliable category. Its not a bad client, but exchange functionality has never been solid. The exchange plugins tend to have weird issues, missing emails or random errors, and I just tested it on the latest version of ubuntu and the client straight up crashes when using exchange web services.
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Will this work for Overwatch and doom like the Wine 2.0-rc's seriously considering buy crossover for all the amazing work wine has made
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boltronics Dec 27, 2016
Quoting: UncleSpankyWill this work for Overwatch and doom like the Wine 2.0-rc's seriously considering buy crossover for all the amazing work wine has madeAlmost certainly not as this release came out too early, but I wouldn't be surprised if CodeWeavers releases a new minor version bump of CrossOver when those games are supported, which could be within the next month or so.
Last edited by boltronics on 27 December 2016 at 12:22 am UTC
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