CrossOver 16.0.0 Released, Based Wine 2.0 and Supports Microsoft Office 2013

CrossOver Linux is a commercial product that provides Linux users with an easy way (yet expensive) to install various applications and games that run only on the proprietary Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Technically, the application is a GUI (Graphical User Interface) front-end for the well known Wine software, which provides a set of APIs and libraries to emulate several Microsoft Windows OSes on top of an open source Linux-based operating system.

Features at a glance

By default, the program comes with support for a very large selection of Windows applications, allowing users to install and use them without the need for a Microsoft Windows license. However, this does not mean that you won’t have to own a specific software license.

It is distributed as free for 30 days binary packages that support the Ubuntu 12.04 LTS or older distributions, Ubuntu 12.10 or newer, Linux Mint 14 or newer, Debian GNU/Linux Wheezy or any other distro that uses Debian packages, as well as Red Hat, Fedora and other RPM-based operating systems.

What’s new in CrossOver 16.0.0

Application Support:

• CrossOver now supports Microsoft Office 2013!
• Microsoft Office 2013 can be activated with either an Office 365 subscription or a product key.
• Core Technology Improvements:
• CrossOver 16 is based on Wine 2.0, with thousands of improvements to Windows compatibility across the board.
• CrossOver now supports 64-bit Windows applications, with new bottle templates and 64-bit dependency management.

Bug Fixes:

• Quicken 2014-2016 updates will now apply automatically during installation.
• Fixed a bug which prevented saving very large files in Microsoft Excel 2010
• Fixed a bug which prevented opening hyperlinks from documents in Microsoft Office 2010.
• Shell folder links will now be updated when importing bottles into CrossOver from an archive file.
• Fixed an audio bug which could cause Blizzard games to emit unwanted noises from the speaker.
• Fixed a bug in Tencent QQ which caused the application to hang when adding a new contact.
• Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 will display correctly again.

How to Install CrossOver on Ubuntu / Linux Mint and Other Platform :

wget https://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/cxlinux/demo/crossover_16.0.0-1.deb

and install deb package :

sudo dpkg  -i crossover_16.0.0-1.deb