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

I attend university and since I never really knew much about Linux until my past summer holiday employment because I am not a science student but a liberal arts student studying Pre-Law. I read with interest the other college thread and I decided to see for myself how Linux would fit in with my University and group of study.

I have to take a music course so I take the usual "Introduction To Music 201" clbutt. This clbutt includes a book "Understanding Music", which also includes a 3-7 CD set that is required for the course.

Here is part of the README-.-.-.-.-

Understanding Music, Fourth Edition CD-ROM Jeremy Yudkin 0-13-150548-3

© Copyright 2005 by Prentice-Hall, Inc. Upper Saddle River, NJ 07458 All rights reserved. No part of the CD-ROM may be reproduced, in any form or by any means, without permission in writing from the publisher.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ***************************************** Minimum System Requirements for PC: * Pentium or comparable processor or higher * Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT*, XP* * 64 MB of free RAM * 64 MB hard disk space * SVGA monitor capable of supporting 800 x 600 resolution and 24-bit color * Quicktime 3.0 or higher * CD-ROM drive (4x or faster) * Sound capabilities (speakers or headphones, internal or external) * Internet connection

Minimum System Requirements for Macintosh: * Mac OS 7.6-9.2* * 64 MB of free RAM * 64 MB hard disk space * SVGA monitor capable of supporting 800 x 600 resolution and 24-bit color * Quicktime 3.0 or higher * CD-ROM drive (4x or faster) * Sound capabilities (speakers or headphones, internal or external) * Internet connection

Here is the file list:

Volume in drive G is UnderstandingMus Volume Serial Number is 487E-3A23

Directory of G:

03-31-2004 06:35 AM 19,837,671 3CDset.exe 03-31-2004 06:34 AM 19,837,672 7CDset.exe 03-31-2004 06:32 AM 9,685 Readme.txt 3 File(s) 39,685,028 bytes 0 Dir(s) 0 bytes free

This CBT will NOT work with Linux or even with wine and Linux.

CD that will not work with Linux.

So why should I even try to use Linux? I asked the administrator about Linux support and was told it is not supported and that others who have tried using it have had nothing but troubles.

Linux and college? Leave Linux home and concentrate on education. So like my last thread attack me, shoot at me, do everything but admit Linux is just not as widespread as you may think it is. In fact, in speaking with my friends, their schools don't support Linux either, except maybe running the school website which doesn't do a pre-law student much good. Josh