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I just wanted to let people know about a little tool called crossover office (http://www.codeweavers.com/) if you haven't already heard about it. They have a long list of supported software but you can install unsupported software too. I was able to install MS Office XP on my Linux box... no more .xls and .doc problems! I have been able to use what is probably the most macro'd excel sheet in existance. There is just something hilarious about opening up excel and/or word on a Linux box.

To appetize, it supports photoshop, office, dreamweaver, and many others. I plan to try and get AutoCAD working... my girlfriend is an interior designer and really wants to convert to Linux but needs CAD and there's not EXACTLY a GNU alternative...

I will say this though... as expected, I have had VERY limited success on my 64bit system with crossover office. I don't blame them though, you can't expect much when you're trying to emulate a 32bit environment on a 64bit machine. I wish I hadn't bought a 64bit processor for my main desktop in the first place...

DaCapn

(Edit: typo in topic... "tool" not "too")