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I have a Windows VM on my server. If I need MS Office or any Windows-only program I just use Remmina to RDP in and get stuff done.
Windows has pretty good touch support over RDP so I can even do this from my phone or tablet if I need a full desktop on the go (using a VPN).
Have you tried an oldie but goodie called winapps? It still works now and lets you use remote rdp to windows to show each specific program as a window on your linux desktop
Yes! I've used that before.
I spun up a trial version of Windows Server and tried to get it working. It seemed to want a Domain environment and I didn't want to go down that road. There probably is a way to do it without setting up a Domain but I didn't feel like messing with it at the time.
Hmm... for me on a regular windows vm it works though, weird
Maybe something I should look into again.