Re: My week with Linux: I'm dumping Windows for Ubuntu to see how it goes

On Fri, 16 May 2025 23:36:19 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

* MS Office -- funny, but Microsoft lists Linux as one of the
officially supported platforms for Microsoft 365.

Only the web-based online version of Microsoft 365 is supported on Linux.

Hasn’t he heard that
it’s not “Office” any more?

B.S. - they are two different products.

Microsoft Office 2024 is available for a one-time purchase. It is not
supported on Linux.

Microsoft 365 is available for a monthly or annual subscription fee.
Only the web-based online version is supported on Linux.

According to the pricing at this link:
<https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/microsoft-365/buy/compare-all-microsoft-365-products>,
if you subscribe to Microsoft 365 for more than about a year and a half
it would cost you more than Microsoft Office 2024. Hence some people
will prefer Microsoft Office 2024 over Microsoft 365.