Winapps for work stuff
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I'd prefer not to rely on browser based versions if I can help it. (I don't like having a weird hybrid of browser UI and app UI. Also, the browser versions are not as responsive, and are not feature-complete.)
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completely disable Windows Update
Since this is a work thing, I'd maybe check with whomever is in charge of your shit that you're not violating any compliance shit by turning updates off.
If you're not, cool, then whatever, but compliance bullshit is awful and sucks and it's better if you're not the reason you fail an audit.
Edit: for the OP, not you.
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I haven't bothered to try it myself, but my internet sleuthing tells me that the latest versions don't work.
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Maybe so, but then there's still Excel and OneNote.
Regarding OneNote in particular, I'm not using that for any collaborative work; but I do have extensive notes and useful past work there. I reckon OneNote is pretty good - but I regret using it now because of the lock-in effect. And there doesn't seem to be any Linux analogue at all. (What I need is xournal++ integrated into Joplin. I sometimes fantasize about trying to hack that together myself; but that's just a dream really.)
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The winapps link in my post says it is a hard-fork of the one you linked to (and my one has updates as recent as yesterday). So it isn't abandoned.
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Fair enough. Thanks for the info.
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The office format or something else? About the format; OOXML (.docx etc.) was "standardized" (whole drama here) in reaction to standardization of ODF. But that "standard" relies mostly on proprietary extensions and MS reprtedly doesn't fully keep to it anymore, causing repeatedly issues with formating in everything else aside MS Ofgice/365.
Some more details here.
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I would separate those all together. I think there’s should be a distinct line between the two. If they have you install special software. You need to make the split right away. You don’t want them to spy on you.
