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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Getting started! (self.linux)

submitted 1 year ago by SkipWapPallyPap to c/[email protected]

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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!

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[–] rambos 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

https://freecad.org is the big cross platform free as in freedom mechanical cad.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 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