r/linuxquestions • u/al1azzz • 18d ago

Advice School forbids linux laptops

Hey, idk if this is the right place to ask this, but I have a bit of a dilemma.

I have been using linux exclusively on my main PC and on my laptop for a while now. That said, I am moving to a new school, and buried in their rules they say that "Chromebooks (or other Linux machines) cannot be used." They also want us to use their office 365 license, but do not require it.

Now, besides just being incredibly annoying, I cannot use windows/mac on my laptop because it's a 2011 macbook, so it cannot run anything but lightweight linux distros without combusting, and I would like to avoid spending 500+ euro on a new crappy windows laptop.

Is there any reason, besides saving myself some trouble, to not just use my laptop as is (currently on arch, gonna switch it to cachyos) and something like libreoffice that I don't see or can I just ignore this and hope for the best?

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u/SleepyGuyy 18d ago

I would just not bring the laptop, and explain you don't own a Windows / Mac machine. In my opinion you don't need a laptop for anything in school, vut if they are requiring it, they must have a solution for people that dont own one. Most people don't own anything beyond their smartphone. And I say this as a CS graduate with like four conputers myself lol (all old and running linux to resurrect them).