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Can someone get through college on GNU Linux?
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I was studying computer science and at my University in Gothenburg all the lab computers were Linux. We had one course which required Windows because there was one software which never got ported to Linux which we had to use and it was a pain because only one lab room had windows computers and they were constantly booked.
Most probably you'll be just fine.
What software was that?
It was some custom software for emulating electrical wires and very low level stuff, I don't remember much more.