Office 2010 and Visual Studio

[a.3adil]

Hey All,

I recently installed Ubuntu 11.04 and i'm loving it. The only thing thats holding me back from a complete migration to it is that I don't know if i can or how to install Office 2010 and Visual Studio 2010. I'm all for open source and LibreOffice is great but I'm used to Office 2010 and i find it has a lot more features. Its the same story with Visual Studio 2010. I'd really appreciate it if someone can help me out. Thanks all in advance.

I hate the whole Virtual Box and then installing Windows, and basically that whole scenario. So if that can be skipped it would be amazing. Thanks again

[Wim Sturkenboom]

Check out crossover office for your office requirement.

I can advise on Visual Studio.

[rx007]

There's already a live version of office that works very well with firefox in ubuntu.
I can't say for visual studio, but if you develop .net, you might want to try mono. :)

[a.3adil]

@wim...I checked out Crossover for Office and its good, but its also a temporary solution unless i buy it. I hate to be choosy, but i was lookin for a more permanent solution

@rx007...I've already tried the online Office...but it does not have all the features that I need. As for Mono...I looked into it and from what I have read I dont think it supports C#, which is essentially what i need Visual Studio 2010 for.

Thanks both of you though for the time

[Wim Sturkenboom]

mono is C#

But it's my understanding that there are 'things' that are not supported in mono; I unfortunately can not tell you exactly what so you need to do some research.

If you want to develop Windows applications, I think it's better to stick to the MS platform.

[a.3adil]

@ Wim...clearly I haven't been reading very thoroughly :P Im gna need an ambulance to pull my foot out of my mouth. Anyway, I'll look into mono and start using it, and see how far i can go. I still need a solution for Office :(

[Durden]

MonoDevelop is the mono equiv to VisualStudio. Your mileage may vary.