Ubuntu 10.10 comes with a handy program called Wubi to help you set up a duel boot and after a few clicks here and there, some waiting time (about 30 minutes) it is all set up and ready to go (by ready to go I mean the drivers were already installed, including the audio jacks! As well as all office programs etc). With this in mind, I went about setting up a duel boot so I could have both Windows 7 Ultimate and Linux distro Ubuntu 10.10 (notebook). I am not a programmer or computer whiz kid, I would say that my computer skills are that of your average user and no more. The reason to switch was not just because of this one incident but the culmination of 10 years of Windows frustration, the crashing, the viruses, the blue screen of death and the financial expense. This was a turning point, I had two clear options, get Windows activated (legally or otherwise) or switch to a free alternative OS (operating system). However… a week or so later a message pops up telling me that I need to activate Windows (even though Windows says that it is already activated under the Activation section).

These issues were not a problem, OpenOffice is free to download as are audio drivers and video/audio codecs so it’s an easy task, been a Windows user for over 10 years, done this many times. Apart from the microphone and headphone jacks not working (drivers weren’t installed) and the fact that there was no useful software/codecs included it all seemed OK. Recently I bought a Samsung N148 Plus notebook with Windows 7 Ultimate pre-installed. Here you can see MS Office 2007 running on Linux Mint (via Wine) Now you can select which program you want to open from the menu bar When it’s finished you will get this screen: Then the activation page will come up (just the same as it does in Windows) Right click on the setup.exe file, select ‘open with’ then Wine Windows Program Loader Menu – Wine – Configue Wine – Applications – Windows Version – Change to appropriate version (for this tutorial I have changed it to Windows XP). If you do not have Wine, open ‘Software Manager’ and download it.ĭepending on the version of MS Office you MAY need to change your WINE settings. To install MS Office on Linux you need 3 things: Before we start I want to state that MS Office is neither needed nor wanted, there are free, open-source alternatives available, such as Libre Office or Open Office.

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