I tried to download Microsoft Office on Linux Mint and I couldn't even download the exe (to run through wine), I needed to go to Windows to download it ... now I just need to make it work (I am in the 1% of people who actually need official Excel)
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LibreOffice is decent. Have you tried it yet? Anything major it can’t do for you?
It has been a bit since I tried it, but things like not having the buttons in the same place is annoying when teacher others. PowerQuery and Microsoft Scripts (what replaced VBA) are some things will probably be missing
Would be great if the web app had the same features as the desktop app
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I ran into this before too, I believe I got around it with a User Agent changer… that or a windows 10 VM with 2 cores and 2GB of RAM that ran only Firefox… or you may be able to just press remind me later and suffer little/no consequences
I think it’s just because people that use Linux are generally more technologically inclined and are more likely to try and get around their crappy DRM
Yeah, I can still access it just fine, but the word "Upgrade" didn't make me very happy...
Very true, I too would consider Microsoft’s spyware a massive downgrade
used unlicensed windows vm back in college. user agent change is faster
what could they possibly be doing that requires an os?
Widewine? Maybe they have some content that requires L1, which still doesn't work on Linux because of totally legitimate technical reasons that are absolutely not at all utter horseshit. Or they might be using some browser APIs that are not properly supported on Linux. There are a few of those.
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They should be extremely infuriated that you are using some old and busted software that doesn't support a common OS.
Bonus points if it's a Linux course
I had a course where the teacher basically said you would have a hard time passing if you did not have a windows laptop because it was the only OS that worked well with their program.
The program was Excel workbooks
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"Upgrade?" "UPGRADE?!" Oh no they didn't.
Seriously, though, there may well be ways around this without switching your OS. If it's browser-based, the first thing I'd try is a user-agent switcher.
Though, actually, does that "remind me later" option work? It does look kindof grayed out, but it couldn't hurt to try a click.
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Haiku OS stumbles into the room, gags at the PearsonVue stench, beats a hasty retreat
I had that too, closed the popup and never ran into anything even mildly broken during the entire course. Aside from the popup they don't seem to be actively sabotaging Linux users, and it's a website, so it's gonna work pretty much identically on any OS as long as you're using a common browser.
That said, they should definitely phrase the message more like "Your OS isn't supported, so don't expect help from us if something Linux-specific breaks our page" than "You need to get a different OS."
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Change User-Agent
Pearson: Please come in!