I have grown up around Linux and have had people like my dad use it near me my whole life. I even booted a fedora version once on a very old machine when I was younger as a way for my dad to teach me about Linux. Sadly I never really caught on at the time.

I am ready to really jump in now. Is there a beginners guide/pros cons comparison for different distribution of Linux? I am also curious about how well things like matlab, solidworks, and Office suit/libra office work in Linux.

Thank you!

  • chillhelm@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 年前

    Matlab exists for Linux and is the same as on Windows. LibreOffice is a fully functioning office suit for Linux.

    I can’t speak to SOLIDWORKS, their website only lists a windows version. There is however some community work being done here https://github.com/cryinkfly/SOLIDWORKS-for-Linux And it looks like they have it running.

    Given that Fedora and Ubuntu are listed on that github, you should probably start with either one of those.

    For a complete beginner I’d recommend Ubuntu, since it’s a solid distro with huge wealth on online support available.

      • hinterlufer@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 年前

        If you’re coming from Windows, or like the windows look then I’d recommend trying the cinnamon flavor of Ubuntu (or straight up Linux Mint which is also Ubuntu based).

  • rambos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 年前

    Does solidowrks exist on linux? CAD software is almost the only thing that holds me back from switching to linux completely.

    Im not sure about matlab, but checkout R

    • bonzo22English
      1·
      2 年前

      R really isn’t a great replacement for matlab. I’m not as familiar with it but I think octave would be the better choice. Obviously Python as well but that’s a step away from these languages.

      • SkipWapPallyPap@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        2 年前

        I have taken some python classes and can see how powerful it is. When I took it though since I have taught myself Java and some C++ it was weirdly hard to understand because of how loose some of the syntax and mechanics were.

        • bonzo22English
          2·
          2 年前

          If you already feel that away about python you should definitely stay away from R 😂 great language with a stats focus but man it’s way too loose with some stuff

  • dashbuck@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    2 年前

    For office suite, if you deal a lot with MS office formats, you might get a better experience with Onlyoffice (FOSS). You also have the option of web based office suites (Google docs, office 365 etc.)

    You might like to take a look here at some alternatives to solidworks, too.

    I guess they won’t be as powerful as SOLIDWORKS though.