Running MS Office (Word) on Edubuntu?

[Joseph Bishay]

Hello Nicola,

Thank you for that information -- it is an important one for sure.  Do
you know where the specific pricing for Microsoft's licensing can be
found?

Joseph

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Nick Rome <romenick at gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Joseph,
>
> I am not sure how this can help but I want to clarify that if you install
> Office on a Windows Server and then use remote desktop you will need to take
> into consideration Microsoft new licensing that now requires not only Office
> to be licensed but also the Remote Desktop connection.
>
> Nicola
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Joseph Bishay <joseph.bishay at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Ville,
>>
>> That 'play_on_Linux' application looks perfect.  Were you able to
>> open/close your /home folder files easier?
>>
>> I'm wondering if anyone has experience with it in an LTSP environment?
>>  Will it play nicely with multi-users?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Joseph
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Ville Pöntinen <pontvil at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Office 2010 installs and runs nicely if you use play_on_linux.
>> >
>> > On linux desktop anyway but thats what i would try on ltsp.
>> >
>> > 12.6.2013 21.04 "Frank Van Damme" <frank.vandamme at gmail.com> kirjoitti:
>> >>
>> >> 2013/6/11 Joseph Bishay <joseph.bishay at gmail.com>:
>> >> >
>> >> > I've been asked to figure out how to have staff access MS Word using
>> >> > our network.  OpenOffice / Libre Office apparently isn't good enough
>> >> > (compatibility issues when moving files between one location that's
>> >> > Word and one that's Libre Office).
>> >> >
>> >> > Is this possible? I know there's software like Wine and Crossover -
>> >> > are those the recommended ways to do this?  Or remote desktop to a
>> >> > Windows server? If that is the case, will the staff still be able to
>> >> > access their LTSP home files?
>> >> >
>> >> > I appreciate your feedback!
>> >>
>> >> No single answer is going to be the best to this question, but my
>> >> advice would be: try Wine and test it. The "normal" wine versions are
>> >> installable by ubuntu packages so that's practical; with some luck you
>> >> may run the installer out of the box. Support is not perfect but it
>> >> seems to work:
>> >> http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=11
>> >>
>> >> If you're going to try any proprietary derivative of Wine, Crossover
>> >> or bordeaux are probably the best bet in your situation.
>> >> http://wiki.winehq.org/ThirdPartyApplications
>> >>
>> >> I personally would only start looking at remote application solutions
>> >> if none of the above suits your needs; for example a Citrix server to
>> >> run just the Office applications, which will be a lot less practical
>> >> to your end user because the integration with their desktop will be
>> >> bad (things like drag and drop).
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Frank Van Damme
>> >> "My new computer came with Windows 7. Windows 7 is much more user-
>> >> friendly
>> >> than Windows Vista. I don’t like that.”
>> >>     -- Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> edubuntu-users mailing list
>> >> edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> >> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > edubuntu-users mailing list
>> > edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
>> >
>>
>> --
>> edubuntu-users mailing list
>> edubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
>> Modify settings or unsubscribe at:
>> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users
>
>