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I haven't tried it, but you might be able to run MS Office using WINE, which is a sort of interpretor for running Windows applications under X Windows. WINE is free to download.<br />
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<a href="http://www.winehq.com/download.html" rel="ugc">http://www.winehq.com/download.html</a><br />
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I've checked their list of applications that work under WINE and Office97 is listed, but apparently it doesn't work perfectly. It's probably still worth a go.
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I haven't tried it, but you might be able to run MS Office using WINE, which is a sort of interpretor for running Windows applications under X Windows. WINE is free to download.

http://www.winehq.com/download.html [http://www.winehq.com/download.html]

I've checked their list of applications that work under WINE and Office97 is listed, but apparently it doesn't work perfectly. It's probably still worth a go.

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How can office97 be runned on a Linux system, and what is needed?
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How can office97 be runned on a Linux system, and what is needed?

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Linux is a UNIX-like open source operating system with hundreds of distinct distributions, including: Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Slackware, Gentoo, CentOS, and Arch Linux. Linux is generally associated with web and database servers, but has become popular in many niche industries and applications.

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A Linux distribution is an operating system made as a software collection based on the Linux kernel and, often, on a package management system and are available for a variety of systems. A typical Linux distribution comprises a Linux kernel, GNU tools and libraries, additional software, documentation, a window system (the most common being the X Window System), a window manager, and a desktop environment. Most Linux systems are open-source software made available both as compiled binaries and in source code form, allowing modifications to the original software. Over three hundred distributions are in active development, including commercially backed distributions (such as Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu) and community-driven distributions (such as Debian, Slackware, Gentoo and Arch Linux).

Linux Distributions

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