This is aimed at students/ex-students that used Linux while studying in college.

I’m asking because I’ll be starting college next year and I don’t know how much Windows-dependency to expect (will probably be studying to become a psychologist, so no technical education).

I’m also curious about how well LibreOffice and Microsoft Office mesh, i.e. can you share and edit documents together with MOffice users if you use LibreOffice?

Any other things to keep in mind when solely using Linux for your studies? Was it ever frustrating for you to work on group projects with shared documents? Anything else? Give me your all.

  • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nlEnglish
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    5 months ago

    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,
    C 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.