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Why people gave up using linux? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 10 months ago by Fint0034@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The only few reason I know so far is software availability, like adobe software, and Microsoft suite. Is there more of major reasons that I missed?

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[–] blackboxwarrior@lemmy.ml 18 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I gave up on linux because it made academic collaboration difficult as a grad student. I spent too long trying to make a system to bridge the gap between mac/windows and linux, and not enough time on research. Professors don’t care that you use arch btw, they just want results, and will not be forgiving if you explain that linux is what’s slowing you down.

[–] Fint0034@lemmy.ml 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

this is actually my case lol, no way I'm writing thesis in libreoffice or onlyoffice if I didn't have much experience of using it

[–] makeawishkid@programming.dev 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why aren't you using LaTeX to write your thesis though?

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Collaborative?

[–] makeawishkid@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

There are few online options, also you could just sync it to a common folder so it could work that way... But rarely thesis are drafted concurrently -

The main advantage of LaTeX is the easy type setting for journal articles/thesis etc and ease of changing the style.

[–] Fint0034@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Because I haven't heard that app at the time, and none of my colleagues use it

[–] blackboxwarrior@lemmy.ml 3 points 10 months ago

If you’re committed to word-style documents instead of LaTeX, pandoc is a great way to convert between word and the style of your choice (for me, markdown). I made a bunch of additional scripts to assist in conversion between the two.

That said, LaTeX is often a better choice. I’ve settled into a combination of overleaf / git / vscode / LaTeX that keeps my collaborators (and myself) happy.