Yes you can put ms office on your mini. What you need to do is buy a copy of Crossover Office from www.codeweavers.com. Once you have installed crossover you can then use it to install ms office and certain other windows software. Note you will still need to buy a copy of ms office and make sure the version you buy works with crossover (most do).
If you want a cheaper solution just upgrade to OpenOffice 3. The mini has Ubuntu 8.04 which comes with OpenOffice 2.4. Instructions for upgrading to openoffice 3.0 are here:
Openoffice allows you to write files in ms office format and read ms office files, but, as always the devil is in the details and while openoffice tries hard there are nearly always mistakes in the conversion except for really simple cases.
Note most linux users are enthusiasts so allow yourself time to learn ubuntu. For example something went wrong for me when I tried to upgrade openoffice and I ended up having to re-install ubuntu -- which was quite a bit of work!!!
You can use Microsoft Office in Linux by installing WINE from your package manager. But Open Office has all the apps that office offers and it is free!
Another solution would be to download virtual box, which is a program that lets you install multiple operating systems on your computer. If you have an xp cd or a vista cd you could load it when installing the virtual box, and you would be able to use both operating systems simultaneously on the computer. Virtual box is a free program
Open Office 3.0 is supposed to be compatible with Office 2007. I've had limited success using Open Office though. WINE is a program that is supposed to let you run Windows programs with Linux. Never tried it. But NO, Linux can't run Microsoft Office 2007, Sorry.
I have wine and it runs most Windows programs well with the exception of Itunes. For Itunes I have VMware installed. Vmware is a virtual machine which allows you to install windows in a browser window under ubuntu. VMware is free but you would have to own a copy of windows to install under it.
sjhook
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February 8th, 2009 21:00
Hi,
Yes you can put ms office on your mini. What you need to do is buy a copy of Crossover Office from www.codeweavers.com. Once you have installed crossover you can then use it to install ms office and certain other windows software. Note you will still need to buy a copy of ms office and make sure the version you buy works with crossover (most do).
If you want a cheaper solution just upgrade to OpenOffice 3. The mini has Ubuntu 8.04 which comes with OpenOffice 2.4. Instructions for upgrading to openoffice 3.0 are here:
http://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-openoffice-3.0.0-on-ubuntu-8.04
Openoffice allows you to write files in ms office format and read ms office files, but, as always the devil is in the details and while openoffice tries hard there are nearly always mistakes in the conversion except for really simple cases.
Note most linux users are enthusiasts so allow yourself time to learn ubuntu. For example something went wrong for me when I tried to upgrade openoffice and I ended up having to re-install ubuntu -- which was quite a bit of work!!!
Good luck
S.
da3shou3
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February 8th, 2009 21:00
Can u eleborate further in which way it didn't work?
It didn't install successfully?
It didn't activate successfully?
Or any other error that you encounter? (Include the error message then)
I myself is using Vista with Microsoft Office. I don't have any problem with it.
If you absolutely need to use Microsoft Office in Linux environment then maybe you can take look at WINE or even OpenOffice.
edzaffino
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February 9th, 2009 08:00
You can use Microsoft Office in Linux by installing WINE from your package manager. But Open Office has all the apps that office offers and it is free!
mudeh
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March 12th, 2009 14:00
Another solution would be to download virtual box, which is a program that lets you install multiple operating systems on your computer. If you have an xp cd or a vista cd you could load it when installing the virtual box, and you would be able to use both operating systems simultaneously on the computer. Virtual box is a free program
pbdude_123
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May 10th, 2009 10:00
Open Office 3.0 is supposed to be compatible with Office 2007. I've had limited success using Open Office though. WINE is a program that is supposed to let you run Windows programs with Linux. Never tried it. But NO, Linux can't run Microsoft Office 2007, Sorry.
decahedronca
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May 10th, 2009 11:00
I have wine and it runs most Windows programs well with the exception of Itunes. For Itunes I have VMware installed. Vmware is a virtual machine which allows you to install windows in a browser window under ubuntu. VMware is free but you would have to own a copy of windows to install under it.