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!

  • rambos@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    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·
      1 year ago

      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·
        1 year ago

        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·
          1 year ago

          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