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Worth the effort to obtain a copy of MS Office on the high seas? *SOLVED (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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It's for my mother, who so far cannot stand LibreOffice.

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[–] [email protected] 104 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

While I personally love LibreOffice, I get why your mom might not. It's super easy:

  1. Download and install Office
  2. run irm https://massgrave.dev/get | iex in Powershell and follow the instructions
  3. Profit!

What doesn't she like about LibreOffice, out of curiosity? It's easy to make the layout like Office (View > User Interface > Tabbed) if that's her problem - I felt the exact same way, but the second I found out I could do that, I never went back.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I never knew about this. How did you find out about this method?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm terminally online

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Yeah please teach me how you found it so I can be as resourceful as you. I'm not really interested in your self deprecation. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

:(

But, seriously, I'm pretty obsessed with piracy stuff and have spent an insane amount of time poring over lists like FMHY so it's like trivia to me now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 months ago

Not OP, but I'm aware of it just from seeing it mentioned in threads like this. There might be a community or list available showing all these cool things but a lot of the time it just goes around by word-of-mouth.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Done this a while ago for my brother who needed Office for work but isn't as tech minded as I am. It's honestly a fantastic tool, kudos to the creator!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What's this do? Been linux only for like 12 years and don't keep up with office

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Massgrave is a tool that can create legit (oem) keys for windows and office out of thin air*

  • it’s not literally creating them from nothing, it’s using a system Ms themselves run to get working keys. Evidently they don’t have a huge problem with it.
[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Turns out the powershell step is enough to get 97% of users to shell out cash.

And also, the biggest source of revenue is institutions who either will pay for the enterprise license, or can be sued for a good payday if they try to pirate.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I would pay to not use PowerShell, but I'm a Linux user so I don't need to :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Why not use powershell on linux :)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I don't even understand why, it literally easier to crack, no need for an account

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

It literally easier to crack

It is not easier for almost every human on the planet.