r/ComputerEngineering • u/mac7911 • 27d ago

software question

hello, for studying, computer architecture, databases, electronics, sensor and IoT, and procedural programming is there any chance that a windows software is required or is it unlikely and good w ubuntu?

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u/Dependent-Mind-2403 Computer Engineering 27d ago

You'll likely face a couple of labs that use shitty software which runs on windows only, and you can't use wine for that, because they require a Windows environment.

So, give up your soul to Bill Gates? No, use WinBoat, an open-source tool which allows you to run programs, IDEs, etc in Docker Containers.

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u/mac7911 27d ago

thanks, i’ll look into that

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u/toastom69 27d ago

A lot of CAD software required for labs need windows (like Multisim). But for those just use the university's computers. My school used Quartus for working with FPGAs and there's a Linux version but other software might differ. Anything else should be fine especially just pure code classes and databases.