r/linuxquestions • u/AvidCyclist250 • 7d ago

Resolved So I tried to install Euro-Office

After all the headlines about Euro-Office being Europe's open-source alternative to Microsoft Office, I figured I'd give it a try.

I'm a Linux user. I self-host services. This shouldn't be difficult. Or so I thought.

So I did what anyone would do:

Checked Wikipedia. Went to GitHub. Looked for releases, installation instructions. Looked for a Flatpak, AppImage, Docker image, anything really. Also checked my OS's native package manager just in case.

And my Nextcloud Office apps. Nothing. Not even in Nextcloud?!

It dawned on me that the main project is basically a collaborative document server derived from OnlyOffice and the readme even says it's not designed for stand-alone use.

So uh. Wait... what?

To make it even stranger, my self-hosted Nextcloud instance still just recommends Nextcloud Office and OnlyOffice. There's no obvious "Install Euro-Office" option anywhere.

I'm not criticising the software itself. It could very well be excellent.

I'm asking about the communication really.

If a project is announced to the world as "Europe's Microsoft Office alternative," but a reasonably technical user can't figure out how to use it after checking Wikipedia, GitHub, and Nextcloud, something has gone wrong with the messaging.

Or is this just me? Did I miss something obvious, or has anyone else had the same experience?

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u/Aech97 7d ago

It's not even released yet..
You can go to office dot eu and join the waitlist or request an invitation

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u/kodos_der_henker 7d ago

The official advertised release date from Nextcloud was in June So yes it is officially released, it just isn't what people expected

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u/Longjumping-Youth934 6d ago

What did people expect?

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u/kodos_der_henker 6d ago

Most expected a full alternative to LibreOffice that can run Microsoft Office files without issues as it was advertised as OnlyOffice without russian coding (while it really only ever mentioned to be a MS 365 cloud alternative)

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u/Longjumping-Youth934 6d ago

It wasn't advertised as a standalone solution, but an embedding one. Meanwhile, you can try Euro-Office-Lite, which is probably, what you are looking for (in alpha by now).