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I searched this forum for "alarm" but instead of software related posts the search results are in large part about unrelated stuff, e.g. some political issues. For simplicity let's call "Alarm Clock" what I'm looking for. It should be more advanced than a usual popup alarm, especially in...

Oh, that's possible? Wow... Then maybe I can get rid of excel before I get rid of windows. Thanks a lot!

Thanks! I see that Bottles is using WINE or Proton, so in either case the warning in the video linked in my previous reply to Brickwizard might be valid. Are you using bottles on a system with Wayland?

Thanks for the specs and the URLs! Maybe the advice in the video I watched that mentioned WINE is now outdated. It's from 22 Dec 2020. It's about Wayland. The part where WINE is mentioned starts at 8:14, just in case this URL fails to get to that timestamp: I don't need gaming, but this video...

Thanks a lot :) That hardware seems to be strong enough to run a virtual machine. Do you use a VM or WINE?

That's great news. Thank you for the URL. Then should I choose a distro based on some personal preferences and ask whether / how it can be used with VBA and Excel? Probably I don't need cutting edge components. I use 11th gen i3-1115G4 Core 3GHz, 4GB RAM and I work with my files directly on...

Hi. TL;DR: I need to buy a new computer as a secondary machine in case my Windows laptop breaks down. I hope it doesn't have to be with Windows, but it's more likely that I have to get a Windows PC to use Excel and VBA and later figure out how to transition to Linux, some other spreadsheet...