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Microsoft 365 on Linux

A Nix flake runs Microsoft 365 and Office Home 2024 on Linux through umu-launcher and GE-Proton, with shims fixing Wine crashes.

Resultrc_XAHBJ1C1

Word starts and draws its ribbon, OneNote signs in and saves edits, and a retail Home 2024 key activated through account sign-in.

ShownPartial · GitHub · Oct 13 · Last checked Oct 13, 2026

Overview

How it was set up

Nix flake with umu-launcher and GE-Proton or ProtoSoda, winetricks fonts and DLLs, plus custom shims for licensing, ole32 and d2d1.

Worth knowing

Office LTSC and volume-license keys do not activate under Wine. Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook were untested at last status.

A prompt to start from

The source does not show the prompt.

Sources 1

Originalgithub.com/Tombert/office365_flake

History

Added to Agentic Feats: 2026-10-13
Pick: No
Markdown copy: /c/microsoft-365-on-linux.md

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