Going To University Leave Linux Home! It's Not Supported! 4558

On Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:06:41 -0500, Paul Bramscher

That's the way it works at the University my daughter attends. She uses an iBook though and hasn't had any troubles. However, I can see where Linux users could have problems though because she brings home CD's all the time that only run under Windows or Mac. I've seen art and music training CD's that will not run. An interactive history CD and even a language CD. Most of these seem to use the standard file formats but the loader-frontend and navigation programs are Windows or Mac only so while in theory you can load say an image that is a jpg, it's really useless because it's difficult to locate it and you can't use any of the tools that are incorporated into the program.

I've tried on occasion to make one or the other run under wine just for kicks and got nowhere.

Like your school however, she can use the schools computers which I believe are a combination of Windows and Macs so there is no need for the student to have their own computer other than convience.

Personally I see no reason to use Linux in this situation because it will be more of a millstone than an advantage. Use the right tool for the job.

-- flatfish "Why Do they Call It A flatfish?" "What is Linux?"