• [OT] MS Office 2003 under wine

    From pinnerite@pinnerite@gmail.com to alt.os.linux.mint on Fri Jan 9 23:43:45 2026
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    I like MS Word.Until now I have run it under a virtual Windows 10.
    However I raely use anything else under Win10 so I thought I would try to install it directly to Mint usng wine.

    So far the install via playonlinux crashes.

    If anyone can offer an alternative method I would appreciate the suuestion.

    Happy New Year by the way.

    Alan
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Sat Jan 10 00:19:23 2026
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    On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 23:43:45 +0000, pinnerite wrote:

    If anyone can offer an alternative method I would appreciate the
    suuestion.

    Microsoft 365 is officially supported under Linux.
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  • From Alan K.@alan@invalid.com to alt.os.linux.mint on Fri Jan 9 19:54:29 2026
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    On 1/9/26 6:43 PM, pinnerite wrote:
    I like MS Word.Until now I have run it under a virtual Windows 10.
    However I raely use anything else under Win10 so I thought I would try to install it directly to Mint usng wine.

    So far the install via playonlinux crashes.

    If anyone can offer an alternative method I would appreciate the suuestion.

    Happy New Year by the way.

    Alan

    Why Playonlinux? I've only heard of it but any Window software I want just loads in Wine
    by clicking the .exe file (not sure if .msi work).

    Just curious.
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  • From Mike Easter@MikeE@ster.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Fri Jan 9 17:47:20 2026
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    pinnerite wrote:
    I like MS Word.Until now I have run it under a virtual Windows 10.
    However I raely use anything else under Win10 so I thought I would
    try to install it directly to Mint usng wine.

    MS Office '03 timeframe corresponds to WinXP.

    WineHQ says that the most recent wine v. reported there was way back at
    v. 3.12 and was rated platinum which is excellent; and/but the comments
    says that it needs winetricks and mfc42.

    Wine is currently at v.10.0 for about a year, 9 in LM repo/s, winetricks 20240105.

    If I had a Word '03 I would probably run it under my W7, but normally I
    just use current LO.

    Sometimes I use a Hiren's if I want a WinXP to do something.

    Personally I prefer to use a Win on occasion than Wine, but if I were
    going to be a regular user of something like a wp, I would graduate to a current LO than my accustomed 'old shoe' of Office '03. I understand
    how that works, but still, sometimes it is time to move on. However, I
    still prefer IrfanView under Win than the alternatives.
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  • From lisa@not.in.use@home.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Sat Jan 10 09:54:53 2026
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    On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 19:54:29 -0500, "Alan K." <alan@invalid.com> wrote:


    Why Playonlinux? I've only heard of it but any Window software I want just loads in Wine
    by clicking the .exe file (not sure if .msi work).

    Just curious.

    Playonlinux is an easy front-end for Wine.
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  • From Jeff Layman@Jeff@invalid.invalid to alt.os.linux.mint on Sat Jan 10 10:11:18 2026
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    On 10/01/2026 01:47, Mike Easter wrote:

    However, I still prefer IrfanView under Win than the alternatives.

    I haven't looked at Wine for ages, but always understood (wrongly?) that
    it could leave you open to Windows malware. IrfanView was so good that
    it was the first free software I donated to. I now use XnViewMP instead.
    It's not bad, although recent updates failed to install because of a requirement for a later version of libglig than Mint had. I eventually
    got round the problem by running:
    sudo dpkg -i --force-all XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb
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  • From Joerg Walther@joerg.walther@magenta.de to alt.os.linux.mint on Sat Jan 10 16:03:59 2026
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    Mike Easter wrote:

    Wine is currently at v.10.0 for about a year, 9 in LM repo/s, winetricks >20240105.

    Wine 11 is imminent:

    Wine 11.0-rc5 Released

    January 9, 2026

    The Wine development release 11.0-rc5 is now available. This is expected
    to be the last release candidate before the final 11.0.

    WhatrCOs new in this release:

    Bug fixes only, we are in code freeze.

    (from winehq.org)

    -jw-
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  • From pinnerite@pinnerite@gmail.com to alt.os.linux.mint on Sat Jan 10 16:01:04 2026
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    On Fri, 9 Jan 2026 17:47:20 -0800
    Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> wrote:

    pinnerite wrote:
    I like MS Word.Until now I have run it under a virtual Windows 10.
    However I raely use anything else under Win10 so I thought I would
    try to install it directly to Mint usng wine.

    MS Office '03 timeframe corresponds to WinXP.

    WineHQ says that the most recent wine v. reported there was way back at
    v. 3.12 and was rated platinum which is excellent; and/but the comments
    says that it needs winetricks and mfc42.

    I had forgotten about winetricks.
    I tried tat and it works.
    Thank you. Alan


    Wine is currently at v.10.0 for about a year, 9 in LM repo/s, winetricks 20240105.

    If I had a Word '03 I would probably run it under my W7, but normally I
    just use current LO.

    Sometimes I use a Hiren's if I want a WinXP to do something.

    Personally I prefer to use a Win on occasion than Wine, but if I were
    going to be a regular user of something like a wp, I would graduate to a current LO than my accustomed 'old shoe' of Office '03. I understand
    how that works, but still, sometimes it is time to move on. However, I still prefer IrfanView under Win than the alternatives.


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