Not that any GNU/Linux users out there would be using Office Live in the first place, but as an old beta tester to the program I couldn't help but get Office live to work under GNU/Linux.

The support techs will tell you simply that Linux is unsupported just so that they would not have to hassle with it (I would assume). I love to prove people wrong when they say that a program can't do something that it should. Here is how I did it.

Firefox users, under Firefox install the plugin "user-agent-switcher" this will mask your Firefox browser so that Office live will think that you are running IE6, 7 or 8 and Windows. This works for logging into your account and doing basic functions that will otherwise be blocked after the built in browser compatibility test. (Firefox is supported, but the user agent string also shows your operating system..)

Linux users, same method as above for minimal access. I have not been able to access the website construction set with the "agent-switcher" as mentioned but I have been able to access it though the use of wine software. Simply install Firefox for Windows under Wine and everything will work... As best as Wine can anyway.

I've tested this with Firefox V3.5 (both variants) and Wine 1.18 emulating Windows XP.

Only issues so far is that Firefox will simply not load the website builder as stated under the Linux version and Wine likes to crash if the page is maximized, the later could very well be my system as I run all beta software designed for the beta testers.



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