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How was your experience using Linux in college?
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Ex CS student. I'm on 100 % Linux, even back then.
Huge advantage in the Linux/Unix, networking labs.
The main issues were Matlab (Octave is kinda ok, but must be tested before you submit your project),
FPGA simulator - Altera (no alternatives, but it can be run on a Windows VM),
3ds Max - must be run on bare-metal Windows (maybe GPU passthrough to a VM will work),
some old weird software,
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getch()on Linux.No problems with MS Office, I can run whatever I want, just exported it to the PDF.
No heavy formatting in drafts helps with a group project.
Not really :)) https://gist.github.com/ninovsnino/f910701ea912f03b73a1d0895d213b0e
MATLAB works fine on linux for me these days. Some weird small text on hiDPI screens, but its fixable. I've only tested on Debian based distros though.