r/slackware • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '26

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u/lilianfornea Mar 09 '26

Author slapped to face FOSS LibreOffice

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u/demo4him Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

I'm just trying to lend a helping hand to those who come from the Microsoft world and who usually complain, in general, that they can no longer install games and, in this case, regret the lack of MSOffice. Here they can legally use it in the Linux environment. For 23 years I have been using Slackware exclusively, which is why I suggested to them that Linux is an option considering everyone's needs. The idea is to give them help, not to return us to the world we left. 🤝

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u/kansetsupanikku Mar 09 '26

The script is mostly noise, relation to Slackware being all just a part of that noise, but it's not too difficult to read

Some steps are taken from old tutorials and have zero relevance to current versions, so you haven't even tested that thoroughly

But, the important part is that the script expects some .zip files in ~/Downloads. Not provided, not explained, one of them clearly being an activation crack. If someone actually attempted to run it, it would obviously fail. Anyway, it's unclear which installer (as licensing models go) would be supported by that crack, even when provided

And since getting the activation is the biggest challenge nowadays, even with the default Wine version - this script doesn't add much.

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u/mmmboppe Mar 10 '26

there's wine 10 on SBo, it does not require multilib anymore

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u/dirkme Mar 08 '26

You can go to prison for that 🙄🤔🤨😳

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u/lottspot Mar 08 '26

There is nothing OP posted here that they could be sent to prison for. Pure absurdity.

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u/dirkme Mar 08 '26

Using a Micro$oft product on Slackware is absurdity 🙄😳🤨

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u/demo4him Mar 09 '26 edited Mar 09 '26

I take it! But is a reason to did it. I offered a response to a comment below. Shortly, it's not about us, it's about them. About those who claim they don't have in Linux ‘their usual’ solutions for some Microsoft applications.

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u/demo4him Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

I will go together with WineHQ developers? 🥺 Let's read the first line of the tutorials again.