<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> </head> <body text="#333333" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> I am advocating just the opposite: Time to learn to work with open software on an open OS. What is the point of bringing closed source software to an open OS unnecessarily? You describe yourself good alternatieves to deal with that situation. Yet, you want yet another alternative? What for? Why do people move to Linux in the first place? Because they cannot afford Windows, but MS Office they can? I can hear the masses screaming: "Give us Linux! But only if it runs MS Office." Klaus <div class="moz-signature"> <hr width="100%" size="1" align="center"> </div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 04/01/2020 04.31, andreas wrote: </div> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid:04d092eb-3e52-cc79-fa84-1872f52fec37@gmail.com">Thank you for the reply Victor. I get your point of freedom of computing choices. And I know some of European friends whom afford such lavishness in their countries. In my country, by being using linux itself is a deviation/astray from society, let alone using LO for interoperability. Only my stubbornes keep me sane for this past 12 years. For uninteractive documents I need to made, of course LO is totally suffice, sometimes saving to ps before exporting to pdf if needed so. But sometimes we have to deal with uncompromised document format (mostly from workplace/govt) e.g. locked, macro'ed excel file and such. I usually use WPS Office or MSO online to get around this problem. So, yeah, in my case, a native wrapper is a nice addition for the system even though its not mandatory needed. And by doing so, I do believe it will raise xubuntu popularity and ease new people to migrate from windows ecosystem. Regards, Andreas On 04/01/20 03.28, Victor Forberger wrote: <blockquote type="cite"> On 1/2/20 9:57 PM, andreas wrote: <blockquote type="cite">ah,my bad. Here is the link, <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/manjaro-ms-office-online.html">https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/manjaro-ms-office-online.html</a>. basically it saves users some clicks and containing MS Office Online inside desktop native app so we don't need to open web browser to access it. On 02/01/20 18.58, Bjoern Franke wrote: <blockquote type="cite">Hi, Am 02.01.20 um 04:10 schrieb andreas: <blockquote type="cite">Hello there. I just read the article here <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="cid:part1.6D3A8353.EDD5CA85@gmail.com"><cid:part1.6D3A8353.EDD5CA85@gmail.com></a> about MS Office Online native wrapper on some of linux distributions. Is there any possibility for Xubuntu developers to add this to priority list as Xubuntu future addition feature? I think this can be a plus factor for people to switch to linux. </blockquote> you linked to <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="about:blank">"about:blank"</a>, so nobody can see what the wrapper can do. </blockquote> </blockquote> I am not in favor of such an addition for Xubuntu. Linux, for good or ill, has been about variety and choice. What I like about switching to Linux is that it forces changes in how I did things previously. And, I think LibreOffice is an excellent and worthy replacement for MS Word. I disagree with those who want to replicate the start menu from Windows or the Dock from MacOS as the entire focus of a distribution (such as elementary OS seeks to replicate the Mac experience). For instance, Xubuntu gives me the options to create a single panel that mirrors a MacOS dock (a single column of apps and notifications that I use most often) but which also includes the ability to have every window with its own icon and also a good start menu for housing all installed apps (the whisker menu) as well as various launchers for grouping apps by tasks. In this way, I get what I like from the dock and the start menu in a way that best meets my own needs for as much window real estate as possible. See my setup page for various pics of this layout: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/thesetup/">https://linuxatty.wordpress.com/thesetup/</a> take care, Victor -- Victor Forberger <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:vforberger@fastmail.fm">vforberger@fastmail.fm</a> blog: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://linuxatty.wordpress.com">http://linuxatty.wordpress.com</a> </blockquote> <fieldset class="mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> </blockquote> </body> </html>