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!

  • dashbuckEnglish
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    1 year ago

    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.

    • Cora@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I can second ONLYOFFICE. It has much better formatting retention and a more familiar layout when coming from / working with MS Office.