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		petepete on Dec 19, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bottles: GUI front end to run Windows software on ... I've just tried with Office 2013 and 2016, neither worked. Didn't make it as far as the installer screen each time. To make sure it was installed properly I tried Notepad++ and it worked flawlessly. Office is just a bit of a pain.

citizenpaul on Dec 19, 2021 [–]

I once read that office basically functions like a VM. I don't know how true that was but I guess it makes it not really software but a deployment.

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