So, at school we use the whole Office 365 suite for a myriad of tasks.

Teams is used as the main way to share exercises and lesson material, Outlook is used as the resident email service, and you’re expected to use OneDrive to store all/most of your data. There are some additional apps that require Windows, but beyond the office 365 suite they are all replaceable.

What I’m wondering is, what distro can run/access those apps without too much hassle and set-up?

I’m looking to do this on a HP probook x360, upgraded to 32 GB of ram. The only peripheral of note I’ve got is a Ugee drawing tablet, but I can use the openTabletDriver or their own on some distro’s.

Edit: Thanks guys!

User helpimnotdrowning recommend Mint! This’ll be my first real daily foray onto Linux, so it’s definitely a good option. I’ll also have a look at Gnome Vs KDE. I’ve been looking at KDE in the past, but gnome is definitely worth a peep as well.

User BearOfATime, thanks for giving the software name that allows for a seamless VPN transition! I’ll also look into the win 10 LTSC. Not sure it’s a right fit, but it’s always fun to learn more!

As a couple of you recommend, there seems to be a teams flatpak to download, so I’ll have a look into that!

Finally, I’d like to thank y’all for the useful and helpful answers! Many of you said to try the webapps, so I’ll be doing that! My current plan is to use VMWare (alt is Vbox. VMware works (and looks) better) and try to actively use a mint VM. Not sure If I’ll be able to stick to it, and not unknowingly switch to windows, but having it as a starting app should solve a couple issues. Slower start times, sure, but that’s not the worst. Your advice is very much appreciated! It’s given me a good confidence boost to start. Thanks for that :D

  • 2xsaiko
    3·
    6 months ago

    When I had to use Office and LibreOffice wasn’t sufficient, I just had a Windows VM running. The web versions are hot garbage (or at least used to be 3 years ago and I doubt that’s changed). I’m not sure if there’s a direct way to mount OneDrive on Linux (rclone maybe?) but if there isn’t you could do that via a network share over the VM.

    KMail can connect to Exchange mailboxes. KOrganizer might even be able to access the calendar from one, I don’t remember.

    • ZeroHora@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      6 months ago

      The web versions are hot garbage (or at least used to be 3 years ago and I doubt that’s changed)

      It’s better, less hassle than run a VM just for that.

      • 2xsaiko
        2·
        6 months ago

        I’d rather take the hassle of doing initial Windows setup once than the hassle of continuously fighting against awful software.

        • bamboo@lemm.ee
          3·
          6 months ago

          continuously fighting against awful software

          Arguably this is why some people don’t bother with a VM and use the web apps instead.