Cassowary Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• How are you running Windows only applications on your Linux ThinkPad?

  I'm using virtualbox on my x220, of I really need windows. However, if you setup a VM from scratch anyway, I would rather go with KVM/QEMU and maybe even try https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary, to launch the windows programms directly under Linux, with the VM running "in the background". Source: 11 months ago

• Thinking about switching my SP8 to linux, but I have a few questions.

  How are integrated VM solutions like cassowary on the surface pro? I need to run OneNote (this is a must as I am set all work on OneNote) to a decent level, with pen support. Source: about 1 year ago

• Is MS office a big driver of people moving to Linux?

  Well, if I actually need office 365 for collaborating with someone, I use https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary to actually run the Office Suite in a Windows VM and have it seeminglessly integrated into Linux. Source: about 1 year ago

• MicroOS Distrobox questions

  Microsoft Office run in a Windows VM and integrated into Linux via Cassowary (https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary). This requires installing libvirt and virt-manager in a rootful Distrobox (apparently Distrobox supports this only for Alma Linux and Tumbleweed, so the default Tumbleweed guest should be okay as long as you can run it with root) and installing the Python application Cassowary ("pip install... Source: about 1 year ago

• New to Manjaro… any advice?

  Imo QEMU/KVM has better performance than VirtualBox. There are also some tools like Cassowary to make Windows apps run as if they're native apps (e.g. Without opening VM first). It's harder to setup than VirtualBox, though. Source: about 1 year ago

• Looking to switch from Windows 11 to Linux. Is anyone running Steam OS on their Desktop or what is the most stable with an Intel/Nvidia build?

  If you need to use complex Windows-only programs, use the KVM with GPU passthrough and cassowary. If it's reported to be working fine by the Wine's AppDB, you may want to use wine flatpak. Source: about 1 year ago

• Is there a free and easy way to use MS Excel in Ubuntu?

  You can make the process of using it more seamless on Linux trough Casswary https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary but is not perfect. Source: over 1 year ago

• Wine 8.0 out now

  Floating, native Windows app windows on Linux via Cassowary would be a better pick than waiting for WINE to support it anytime soon. Source: over 1 year ago

• Linux Workstation for Media?

  Since then, I try to keep an eye on DaVinci Resolve things (like MakeResolveDeb) and things like the WinApps/cassowary, Gictorbit/MiMillieuh Photoshop installer, and Photogimp, or news like about OBS being officially supported on Linux through Flatpak and why that matters. Source: over 1 year ago

• Any chance to install Office 365 on WINE 7.22 staging?

  I also was never able to get office running through wine. But there have been people in the past who got it working with specific versions of wine/office and some patches. It's not impossible, but I think the easiest way is to setup a windows vm and use something like Cassowary. Source: over 1 year ago

• My little Frankenstein: Fully working i3 on WSL2 (config in comments)

  Here's a fun idea: Install Cassowary on a setup like this and have your Windows windows to display within the Linux display (as in treat your Windows host like the Windows VM/remote that Cassowary works with) xd. Source: over 1 year ago

• MSN Replaced Journalists with AI Publishing Fake News About Mermaids and Bigfoot

  Take a look at https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary. If your license key doesn't work/you don't have one, they really aren't that expensive. Might also work without any activation at all. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago

• SUCCESS - Identical GPU passthrough, One of Fedora host, another for Windows 11 guest

  Using Looking glass or Cassowary (which is like WinApps with more options) to access Windows and letting Linux have both the displays. Source: over 1 year ago

• Seamlessly Run Windows Apps on Your Linux Desktop With WinApps

  See also casualsnek/cassowary, comes with a video guide. Source: over 1 year ago

• Office 365 for Fedora 36

  Try this perhaps. It basically integrates a windows vm inside linux. I've never tried it though. Source: over 1 year ago

• Microsoft Office on Linux?

  My best experience with Microsoft office on Linux was with this: https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary. Source: over 1 year ago

• WSL2 Battery consumption vs Native linux

  Hey, you may like this one if that's the case: https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary - Windows programs (running on Windows, locally in a VM or remotely) in their own floating windows on Linux. So it's basically r\windowsonpwshonubuntu \s). Source: over 1 year ago

• Planning to move back to Windows after 2 years on Pop! (Thank you Pop_OS!)

  The good news is that I've somehow managed to install Cassowary! I'm testing it now. If it's a smooth enough performance and I'm able to get access to my files in the VM, I don't mind sticking around. That's all I need from a VM. Fingers crossed. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Pop!_OS on a college student's laptop

  Don't know what the OP uses. But I use Cassowary (https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary). Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is there a chance Microsoft Office programs will run on Linux?

  I'm still looking for a stable solution that is not a PIA to install for someone who doesn't know how to troubleshoot linux in CLI. Cassowary is a promising solution but requires some setup. https://github.com/casualsnek/cassowary. Source: almost 2 years ago

• Is there a chance Microsoft Office programs will run on Linux?

  There's always Cassowary. It's a VM, but it's something. Source: almost 2 years ago