What can be a good alternative for Excel that works on Linux? Currently I need to use VBA, Solver, Analysis Toolpak charts. Moreover the alternative should read xls and xlsx files. Doesn’t need to be free or open source.

Any recommendations? Thank you.

  • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
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    1 day ago

    This is the obvious choice but I heard from accountants it can’t replace excel yet entirely.

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      14 hours ago

      Those accountants are using excel like an infrastructure and they are not to be trusted. The only thing excel can do that libreoffice can’t do is create a nightmare web of interdependent spreadsheets.

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      15 hours ago

      Isn’t that more a case of them not knowing how it works or how to make new formulas etc, because they were all written by a guy called Tony who left the company in 2002, and everyone’s been just using his templates and copy-and-pasting since?

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        21 hours ago

        I use it for all things home office already but my personal uses cases are rather basic so it handles like a chad