What are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can?

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Run Microsoft Excel
- This is literally the only current reason I use windows
  
  I started using Google sheets. I know the implications on storing/sharing personal data with Google.
  But Google sheets is being used as my mini db to store all kind of data. I automated many stuff with Google app script with telegram bot.
  I am 100% sure that now I can live without Excel.
  
  I've tried using Google Sheets but it can't manage simple mailing labels that Excel has been able to do for the past 30 years. In Google sheets, you need to sign up for a monthly subscription plugin to get that feature.
  
  At least they added the mail merge feature for emails, which required me to build a Google App Script to achieve a similar outcome.
  https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/06/google-sheets-now-integrated-with-gmail.html
  
  I started trying to write labels into Google Sheets as an app script but soon realized I was wasting my time.
  It would have been easier to ignore Sheets altogether and write it in as a web page with JavaScript and CSV data.
  Instead I installed a 15 year old version of MS Office and had the labels printed in minutes.
  
  Yeah I kinda gave up with Google for label printing, I use the app for my thermal label printer along with a CSV file if I need to print a batch of them..
  
  Office 2007 was good with serial key activation.. it became cumbersome with new versions..
  
  I think the last version I bought was 2003 student edition- which anyone could buy because didn't need online registration with a student email.
  I did sign up for office 365 to help my wife with some vba scripts. It's insidious because you can turn the subscription on and off but forget to turn it off.
  
  Plus, libre has gotten good these days... Or you could use WPS office
  
  Google Sheets is missing a lot of Excel's functionality. The web version of Excel is a lot closer, but still not as good.
- Wine
  
  Please direct me to anyone who has gotten Excel to run under Wine and documented the procedure.
  
  I'm a fairly primitive Excel user so online version or Libre Calc are more than enough for me on the rare occasions I need it.
- Run Microsoft Excel and collaborate with others*
  *Google Sheets does this too but anything Google really a better option?

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