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Title: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: Floydcat2 on August 21, 2014, 11:10:40 PM
Hello All,

I may go back to school to get another degree. My laptop is about 6 years old (a Lenovo R61) and I am wondering if anyone has used Linux Lite with university programs. Most places will either require a Mac or a Windows based laptop, and they usually utilize some kind of software such as Blackboard. Has anyone gone back to school with Linux Lite? I don't want to buy another laptop if I can help it, but I don't want to start a semester with "the wrong stuff" as that will put me behind in my studies.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: Dookus on August 21, 2014, 11:31:21 PM
You may be lucky.

http://jeffhoogland.blogspot.com.au/2010/07/blackboard-no-linux-for-online.html

Take your Laptop to the School and see if they will let you access what you need to with your laptop, it seems Blackboard works with Firefox in Linux, with warnings, which are because Linux is detected (Read the above article thoroughly and the comments as there are ways to disable the warning messages)

Good luck.
Title: Re: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: shengchieh on August 25, 2014, 10:39:24 PM
If the school uses window programs, you may or may be able to use WINE.  Do check the application database (appdb) to see if specific codes has been "ported" to linux.
Btw, this is a linux-specific problem, not a LL-specific problem.

https://www.winehq.org/

Sheng-Chieh
Title: Re: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: Albrecht Stefan on September 03, 2020, 04:49:47 AM


Is Lutris the best option for playing Windows games? I thought about Crossover too (a commercial product based on WINE) but it isn't free. Are there any alternatives to WINE to run Windows programs on LL?
Title: Re: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: Artim on September 05, 2020, 04:51:30 AM
My profs always want stuff in what one calls, "Microsoft format." I still do all my school stuff using LibreOffice. Here's how I do it (http://ttps://technophobeconfessions.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/converting-libreoffice-writer-documents-to-microsoft-format/).
Title: Re: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: firenice03 on September 05, 2020, 12:05:58 PM
Quote from: Artim on September 05, 2020, 04:51:30 AM
My profs always want stuff in what one calls, "Microsoft format." I still do all my school stuff using LibreOffice. Here's how I do it (http://ttps://technophobeconfessions.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/converting-libreoffice-writer-documents-to-microsoft-format/).

@Artim
Your link is pooched - looks like its missing the leading H in http...

But those wanting...
https://technophobeconfessions.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/converting-libreoffice-writer-documents-to-microsoft-format/ (https://technophobeconfessions.wordpress.com/2015/02/27/converting-libreoffice-writer-documents-to-microsoft-format/)
Title: Re: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: Artim on September 05, 2020, 01:02:18 PM
LOL thanks for fixing it!
Title: Re: Will Linux Lite work with university software?
Post by: Moltke on September 05, 2020, 07:13:22 PM
Quote from: Albrecht Stefan on September 03, 2020, 04:49:47 AM
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Is Lutris the best option for playing Windows games? I thought about Crossover too (a commercial product based on WINE) but it isn't free. Are there any alternatives to WINE to run Windows programs on LL?

Yes, there is. Install virtualbox, create a windows VM(virtual machine) and install your games in the VM. Performance will depend on the host (real pc, the one virtualbox and the VM is running on) capacities; the more resources your real pc has, the better the VM will run.

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Hello All,

I may go back to school to get another degree. My laptop is about 6 years old (a Lenovo R61) and I am wondering if anyone has used Linux Lite with university programs. Most places will either require a Mac or a Windows based laptop, and they usually utilize some kind of software such as Blackboard. Has anyone gone back to school with Linux Lite? I don't want to buy another laptop if I can help it, but I don't want to start a semester with "the wrong stuff" as that will put me behind in my studies.

Thanks!

Ask the University you're going to whether or not it'll work; ask them if you can use your Linux based pc. They surely can provide you with the right answers.  Regarding installing a Blackboard, see here https://help.blackboard.com/es-es/Learn/Administrator/Hosting/Install_or_Upgrade_Learn/Install_Learn/Perform_the_Install there are options, this is only one but there are many others, google "blackboard software in Linux" or something like that.

https://www.blackboard.com/

https://blackboard.secure.force.com/login

Hope this helps! :)