I tend to use LibreOffice more now than Microsoft Office but I also don’t really use office products as much as it once had. I use CrossOver almost daily, which is in contrast to using it daily some few years ago. Keep in mind, it may or may not work at that point. If the application is not supported by CodeWeavers or an Advocate, it’s still not difficult to install as long as you have a decent knowledge of your Windows application. If the application is supported by CodeWeavers or a Advocate, it is no more difficult than searching for the application. The process to Install Windows Software is easy, intuitive and requires little explanation. It is a great way to test applications without the risk of interfering with other installed applications. The fantastic feature of Crossover is that every application can be installed in it’s own bottle, the first exposure to “containers” I have ever had on Linux or any system for that matter. Your version may vary, of course as updates and improvements are ongoing. Sudo zypper install ~/Downloads/rpms/crossover-18.0.0-1.rpm I like to neatly tuck them into an rpms subfolder in my Downloads directory. There isn’t a repository that you can add (as far as I know), so you will have to download the RPM directly from CodeWeavers. I can do much of in with Wine, but CodeWeavers makes it so much easier to manage. Although, I think there are fewer now than there used to be, I still find I need a Windows compatibility layer. This may come as a surprise but there are still 3rd party applications of which I require that I cannot run in Linux. Now, in 2018, Linux has seemingly infiltrated every other use case, servers, phones, Internet of Things but doesn’t seem to be have as much traction on the Desktop. There seemed to be a lot of momentum behind it. After all, I bought a boxed copy of Mandrake Linux in the store which sat right next to SUSE Linux. At the time, I imagined that within a few years would Linux be as ubiquitous on the desktop as Windows or Mac. I have been using CrossOver Linux (at the time CrossOver Office) since 2005. CrossOver Linux recently released version 18.0.0 (2018) which was another fine release with no regressions.
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