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The AI got office software working on Linux in a few hours, published for others

Set the AI on it for a few hours and got Office 365 working under Wine on Linux, published as a working flake he uses with his own account.

How it works

  1. He sets the AI on it for a few hours
  2. Gets the office suite working under the compatibility layer on Linux
  3. Publishes it as a package he uses with his own account

Why it’s worth knowing

A few hours against years of forum threads saying it cannot be done.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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