Im thinking of having 2 computers with a shared volume
Problem with that is you're chasing the lowest common denominator. Windows will at some point bite you.
I ditched OS/2 Warp for Linux in 1997 (had my fill with WfW and saw the coming new wave for the shite that it was). Only Windows I kept around was in a VM to run Quicken, and that I kicked to the curb when they switched to a subscription model.
If you HAVE to have MS Orifice a VM sharing a folder in your home dir is workable. But I strongly suggest testing Libre Office to see just how much you can live with it. Leaving Windows feels really good.
Right now Libre Calc is not workable for what I do. I suspect its a new bug because I don't remember having this much difficulty with it 8 years ago.
I'm happy not letting the windows machine on the internet.
Yeah. Libre seems to go through cycles of poor QA. They've finally fixed the bug that made the tool bars unreadable on Qt-based desktops when using a dark theme.
Windows in a sterile sandbox wouldn't be too bad. Good luck with it.
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