[Scarbutt]

That's great but office won't run on linux mint.

[leotravis10]

You can do it via VM which a lot of people are going to do.

[hypeatei]

True, I use the web version of Office when it makes sense. I only reserve an actual desktop for things like Word because it doesn't work as well in the browser. I'm not a heavy Office user though, so YMMV.

[eikenberry]

From what I understand, Codeweavers' Crossover (or Wine) supports running many versions of Office quite well.