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I suspect mikrotik devs to work on linux...
Can you compile code from within Linux to run on wine..? I know clang supports Windows, but I haven't heard anyone have a crosscompilation setup like that (sounds handy!)
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What Windows software do you still need on Linux?
Excel. Nothing comes close really
In a vacuum, what Excel does is straightforward, and there's lots of free alternatives. Don't get me wrong -- I think it's a great program, but I don't see anything unique about it.
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Excel. Nothing comes close really
Is this because of compatibility and VBA macros? In a vacuum, what Excel does is straightforward, and there's lots of free alternatives. Don't get me wrong -- I think it's a great program, but I don't see anything unique about it.
That's true in theory, but Excel executes it so much better than Google Sheets or LibreOffice Calc.
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Is this because of compatibility and VBA macros? In a vacuum, what Excel does is straightforward, and there's lots of free alternatives. Don't get me wrong -- I think it's a great program, but I don't see anything unique about it.
> In a vacuum, what Excel does is straightforward, and there's lots of free alternatives. That's true in theory, but Excel executes it so much better than Google Sheets or LibreOffice Calc.
* - LO Calc and MS Excel.
Just wondering, are there some things Wine can do that Windows can't? (Besides run on Linux)
Yes. Run 16 bit apps on a 64 bit OS install. A lot of old PC games no longer have 3D acceleration support on modern Windows like Jedi Knight I. On Wine the 3D acceleration just works. You can get Windows to do this stuff too of course but not out of the box.
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It goes even further: 64-bit wine works with Rosetta. I'm running Winbox, via Wine, on M1 Mac.
You got a tutorial for that? I tried to get wine working with rosetta a year ago and it didn’t go so well.
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> In a vacuum, what Excel does is straightforward, and there's lots of free alternatives. That's true in theory, but Excel executes it so much better than Google Sheets or LibreOffice Calc.
Why? I occasionally use them* for taxes and whatnot, and they pretty much work identically. The differences seem at best marginal. * - LO Calc and MS Excel.
I'm constantly so astonished by how well Wine works these days. I remember the first time I heard about Wine, decades ago, and thinking "yeah, right!" But by God, they pulled it off. I would not have been able to move to Linux full-time without Wine. Thanks!
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What Windows software do you still need on Linux?
Excel. Nothing comes close really
Having used Excel, Numbers, OpenOffice (since back when it was still StarOffice), and Google Sheets, I find it to be a mixed bag. For example, there are certain things which Numbers does way better (drag&drop rows to reorder them, for example) and I personally prefer it for my work. But most importantly, I haven't found Excel to be "way above the rest" at all.
I'm constantly so astonished by how well Wine works these days. I remember the first time I heard about Wine, decades ago, and thinking "yeah, right!" But by God, they pulled it off. I would not have been able to move to Linux full-time without Wine. Thanks!