I’d like to never boot into Windows again. I have VirtualBox installed where I can install Windows 11 if I need to but is there anything that it(Windows on a VM) wouldn’t be able to do like accessing hardware devices? Thanks in advance

  • Irdial@lemmy.sdf.org
    43·
    14 hours ago

    It depends on what you’re studying. Some majors like accounting might require you to use Excel, for example. On the other hand, when I was getting my BS+MS in computer engineering, running Linux was actually advantageous

    • unicornBro@sh.itjust.worksOP
      10·
      14 hours ago

      I’m going into a Medical Lab Tech program. I know 1 lab tech but he went to school in the 80’s. So I’m not sure what software they use now.

      • JovialSodium@lemmy.sdf.org
        16·
        14 hours ago

        I don’t know specifically about a medical lab tech program. But I do know about clinical software in general. It is by and large proprietary Widows software. Seems like something you may encounter. But said software could be delivered via Citrix, which does have a Linux client.

      • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
        91·
        12 hours ago

        If you can’t run your business out of Excel, you aren’t using Excel correctly.
        /S

        • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
          51·
          12 hours ago

          I mean I’m sure it’s possible but surely there are better solutions…?

          • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
            5·
            12 hours ago

            Not for the price of €12/user/month

            Salesforce, ServiceNow, and SAP can never match those prices.

            • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
              2·
              12 hours ago

              I wasn’t referring to those, I was referring to dedicated accounting software.

              €12/user is trivial for any business, much less an accounting business that I’m sure it’s lucrative.

              • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
                2·
                10 hours ago

                Yes, the price is the point. Excel (Office) is that dirt fucking cheap, industry standard, and comes with a bunch of other shit included that can be legitimate value add for a small business.

                If you’re at a firm that has legitimate need for specialized accounting software, you’ll have enough money to get those. But even those generally export to Excel format. Without outing myself too much, I’ve had comsiderable exposure to financial tech over the last decade and less than 10 specialized accounting softwares I’ve seen couldn’t export to Excel. All of those still exported to csv, or “software agnostic excel” if we want to bend things a bit.

                The power of being industry standard for going on 30 years now cannot be overstated.