COMMENTARY--Given my antipathy toward Linux as a desktop operating system, I'm nevertheless pleased to find a new product that lets you run Microsoft Office--at least ...

For many, making the move to Linux is an easy step. Based on the facts that Linux is fast, stable and of course, free, it's not difficult to see why so many folks are making the move away from the ...

One of the biggest gripes by users coming to Linux from Windows is that Microsoft Office is not available for Linux. That might be changing, according to the Adventures in openSUSE Linux blog. But is ...

is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is bringing its first Office app to Linux today. The software maker is ...

COMMENTARY--Linux proponents look at the platform's growing list of applications and say, "It's half full," while the detractors give the corresponding "empty" retort. Would it make a difference if ...

Times New Roman, Calibri, and many other popular fonts are created by Microsoft and can’t be included with Linux. If you open a Word document or another Microsoft Office document in LibreOffice or ...

The fruits of a recent collaboration between Windows-emulation software maker CodeWeavers and application access software provider Tarantella is making it possible for Linux servers to host Microsoft ...

Microsoft Corp. is not going to release a version of its Office suite software for open-source rival Linux, although the company is actively studying how Linux works and how it can integrate with the ...

Open source obsessive Michael Larabel says he has it on good authority that Microsoft is considering a native version of Office for Linux. Specifically, the company is taking a "meaningful look" at ...