Crossover (Office 2016) and Qubes 4rc3

[[799]]

Hello,

As you might have heard a new version of Crossover for Linux has been released.

With Crossover it is possible to run Windows Apps on top of Linux.
Crossover is based on Wine but has enhancement which are implemented by Codeweavers.

Warning: while it is based on wine, crossovers comes with a price which is on per-year base., Which is ok for me, as having office running under Qubes would offer a great productivity improvement.

Has someone tried to run latest version of Crossover in Qubes.

I'd like to use Crossover to run Office in a Fedora based AppVM.

[799]

[David]

On 12/11/2017 08:46 PM, '[799]' via qubes-users wrote:

> I'd like to use Crossover to run Office in a Fedora based AppVM.

You may find it prudent to simply run windows, like such:
https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-appvms/

[[799]]

Hello David,

>> I'd like to use Crossover to run Office in a
>> Fedora based AppVM.

> You may find it prudent to simply run
> windows, like such:
> https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/windows-appvms/

I know that I can run a Windows VM in Qubes and I have also done so in Qubes 3.2.
Unfortunately seamless mode was not always working and I don't want to deal with the overhead of a full windows OS.

- Philipp
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[Adrian Rocha]

Hi,

I am using Crossover on Qubes 3.2. I suppose that it have to work fine in Qubes 4.
You just have to install it and register on the template VM, like any other software. After that you can install the Windows apps in the App VM because they are installed in the user home dir

[[799]]

Hello,

-------- An 12. Dez. 2017, 18:00, Adrian Rocha schrieb:
Hi, I am using Crossover on Qubes 3.2. I suppose that it have to work fine in Qubes 4. You just have to install it and register on the template VM, like any other software. After that you can install the Windows apps in the App VM because they are installed in the user home dir

I tried 2h to install Office 2016 with Crossover 17 using a Fedora 25 Template under Qubes 4rc3.

While the installation of Crossover itself is very easy, I wasn't able to install office 2016.
The Installation starts, but end in a loop, after installing the dependencies like fonts the Office 2016 installer launches and then the window dissapears and the installer keeps saying it is installing.
But nothing else happens.

This test was done with the offline installer of office 2016 from the o365 package.

I'll try to rerun with an office 2016 pro plus installer

[799]
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[Yuraeitha]

I once was a hardcore lock-in'ed on MS-Office products too, but at one point, I decided to write a major paper entirely on LibreOffice. I learned a great deal in the process. Putting it short, you can get past your MS-product addiction, if you push through it.

However, it's true some aspects of the MS-products still prevail, for example the difference between Calc and Excel, is a massive headache, considering how much each of them can do, and do in such a different way.

But if you don't use Excel, then I don't see much reason to stick with MS-products, or perhaps, you got some reason I overlooked?

I once fancied the aesthetics of MS-Office (and I still do), but after growing used to LibreOffice, I don't care much anymore. The aesthetics are still nice and all, but it's just not as important as it was before.

Perhaps you can use some of these thoughts, or perhaps you got valid reasons, whichever is the case, I hope you find your sweet-spot.

[Marek Marczykowski-Górecki]

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I have Crossover installed in one AppVMs. All you need to do before it,
is to make its directories stored on /rw to not vanish after VM restart.
Do it by creating /rw/config/qubes-bind-dirs.d/cxoffice.conf:

binds+=( '/opt/cxoffice' )
binds+=( '/etc/crossover.conf' )

Then install crossover, and execute /usr/lib/qubes/init/bind-dirs.sh to
actually move the files to /rw (just one time operation after install).

I use it very rarely, for Excel 2007...

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