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Any Linux Law Students?
I'm an avid ubuntu enthusiast and I'm wondering if anyone else here has tackled law school without a windows/mac machine. If need be, I'll toss on Windows but if anyone has found software that mimics what's recommended I'd appreciate some advice.
- philosoraptor
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0L here. I brought this up with the tech rep at one of the ASWs I went to, and their office doesn't offer any support for any OS that's not Microsoft's or Apple's. He told me I'd have to get Windows to get by. I don't know how true this is, but I figure it'll be worth it to minimize the hassle.
I'll still have Ubuntu on my desktop for all my normal day-to-day stuff, and I'll keep my laptop's Vista partition for exam software and anything else the school forces us to use.
I'll still have Ubuntu on my desktop for all my normal day-to-day stuff, and I'll keep my laptop's Vista partition for exam software and anything else the school forces us to use.
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- nealric
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They won't officially support it, but unless there is a certain required piece of software, such as examsoft, you should be fine. My school required all exams to be typed in MS word or Wordperfect (no special exam software), but I used Open Office just fine.0L here. I brought this up with the tech rep at one of the ASWs I went to, and their office doesn't offer any support for any OS that's not Microsoft's or Apple's. He told me I'd have to get Windows to get by. I don't know how true this is, but I figure it'll be worth it to minimize the hassle.
I'll still have Ubuntu on my desktop for all my normal day-to-day stuff, and I'll keep my laptop's Vista partition for exam software and anything else the school forces us to use.
- philosoraptor
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Ugh, I hate word processing software. It tries to "help" you way too much and assumes you're incompetent. I'd take a text editor, aspell, wc and LaTeX any day.nealric wrote:My school required all exams to be typed in MS word or Wordperfect (no special exam software), but I used Open Office just fine.
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- RUQRU
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Microsoft OneNote
http://www.top-law-schools.com/forums/v ... e#p2051438
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/oneno ... 07936.aspx
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- philosoraptor
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People around here seem really high on OneNote, but I doubt one program would make it worth swearing off GNU/Linux. You could probably recreate everything in this screenshot and the linked one with a file browser (not that hard to organize directories for classes), LaTeX (has had the ability to hyperlink all kinds of internal and external files for many years) and a PDF reader -- all of which, unlike Windows + Office + OneNote, run on every platform and are 100 percent free.RUQRU wrote:Microsoft OneNote
Also, I'd be a little wary of locking all my notes and outlines into a proprietary Microsoft-only format.
- enygma
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i found it to be worth dropping linux.philosoraptor wrote:People around here seem really high on OneNote, but I doubt one program would make it worth swearing off GNU/Linux. You could probably recreate everything in this screenshot and the linked one with a file browser (not that hard to organize directories for classes), LaTeX (has had the ability to hyperlink all kinds of internal and external files for many years) and a PDF reader -- all of which, unlike Windows + Office + OneNote, run on every platform and are 100 percent free.RUQRU wrote:Microsoft OneNote
Also, I'd be a little wary of locking all my notes and outlines into a proprietary Microsoft-only format.
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Is there a reason you can't just dual boot or run Windows virtually? You are making this harder on yourself then you need to.
- RUQRU
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I am a big Ubuntu fan. I have two laptops and one file server running 10.04. Nothing wrong with using open source at all. But I do not treat linux as a religion, just a tool. I runs great on old hardware and keeps it out of the landfill.philosoraptor wrote:People around here seem really high on OneNote, but I doubt one program would make it worth swearing off GNU/Linux. You could probably recreate everything in this screenshot and the linked one with a file browser (not that hard to organize directories for classes), LaTeX (has had the ability to hyperlink all kinds of internal and external files for many years) and a PDF reader -- all of which, unlike Windows + Office + OneNote, run on every platform and are 100 percent free.RUQRU wrote:Microsoft OneNote
Also, I'd be a little wary of locking all my notes and outlines into a proprietary Microsoft-only format.
OneNote is a tool. A good one. I have no issues with Microsoft or using their products. Good data processing practice is to make backups of your data. I backup my OneNote files to an external hard drive, my Ubuntu server and my laptop. I have never heard anyone loose their their files to corruption.
I am lucky that my employer has software assurance and we get Office 2010 Professional Plus for $9.95 through the Home User Program. If you are working for any largish organization check with your training personnel or IT to see if you have HUP:
http://www.microsofthup.com/hupus/home. ... ture=en-US
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Without going into too many tech. specs, you can run linux really easy with Microsoft products like Office.
sudo apt-get install wine
sudo apt-get install wine
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You can check if the Windows app will run using WINE by checking the WINE Application Database here:wpc1532 wrote:Without going into too many tech. specs, you can run linux really easy with Microsoft products like Office.
sudo apt-get install wine
http://appdb.winehq.org/
From what I see, OneNote will not run.
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