Microsoft Office 2007 on Ubuntu Linux
Oct 14
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Installed Micrsoft Office 2007 on Ubuntu Linux 8.04 using CrossOver. It runs great, here is a screenshot:
But one little problem, the fonts don’t look smooth because Linux don’t have ClearType and the spacing of text is not appropriate. The text looks very crumbled and unreadable. But I am sure, there must be a solution using custom font definations.
Crumbled text in Office 2007 on Linux:
I will also try installing it using Wine and post a HowTo on LinuxArticles.
Nov 14, 2008 @ 18:27:02
Applications like Crossover and Wine do manage to run Windows apps but they somehow fail to retain the finish and the look of the software.
I could run Evernote on Ubuntu using Wine but it looks so fugly in it.