Last night, the question of if I could run Microsoft Project on my ThinkPad T480, a computer with only Linux installed. Upon first assumption, you may think not. Except I use Microsoft Project 2000. However, it hasn't been tested by what I've seen on WineHQ's application database. So, at around 3 in the morning, I decided to give installation a go.
Before I get into installing the program, I want to run over my computer's specifications. As mentioned earlier, I am using a Lenovo ThinkPad T480, specifically type 20L6. The processor is an Intel Core i5 vPro 8350U, clocked at 3.6 GHz. I have 16 gibibytes of RAM installed. The OS is Kubuntu 24.04.3 LTS x86-64, kernel version 6.14. The compatibility layer is Wine 9.0 installed from Ubuntu's repositories.
At first, I was going to try Microsoft Project 98, but it failed trying to read a nonexistent file very early in setup.
As Project 2000's setup UI is different, it seemed to install perfectly fine for the most part. It freaked out at one point, but it installed and reached the post-installation HTML file. However, I needed to manually terminate Wine as it didn't acknowledge that installation was complete.
Upon running the executable (WINPROJ), it will throw an error stating the feature is damaged and won't run properly, prompting you if you want to repair the installation. Click "Yes" and it will load the application, albeit with some errors thrown in the terminal. (Note: Older Microsoft Office applications can sometimes have similar issues upon opening even on modern Microsoft Windows) Also upon starting up, all of the help text is invisible, which I am unsure if this can be resolved.