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7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux (www.gamingonlinux.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Patches@ttrpg.network 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Get it to run Office and you've a game changer.

Yes, yes I know Libre/Open Office but try telling Shelly in Accounting who still struggles with Excel after 36 years of experience.

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[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Or Adobe, that’s the most frequent complaint

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

FUCK ADOBE

But yea, those cock suckers are the only reason I have to dual boot.

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[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 3 points 1 year ago*

Locked in their ecosystem because they're abusing their dominant position

"cock suckers" don't make sense here though

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[–] bilb@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Well, Office365 works fine. You can even run it in MS Edge if you want.

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[–] rdri@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I would imagine older versions can run properly, no? Like maybe 2007 or 2010. Later ones got too integrated with the OS which must be the main difficulty.

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