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Comment Goucher College, Baltimore (Score 1) 835

My daughter attends Goucher College. They explicitly REJECT Linux. If you want to hook up to the network you MUST use Windows XP or newer, or MAC. They prohibit all forms of LINUX. They want to force THEIR anti-virus onto your computer and they are unable to do that with linux. You can do Linux via their wireless guestnet, but you cannot access school resources this way. D

Does Your College Or University Support Linux? 835

yuna49 writes 'Lately I've been visiting colleges with my daughter, who is a senior in high school. Every school has proudly announced that they support both Windows and Macs, and most of these schools report having about a 50-50 split between the two. However we've been a Linux household for many years now, and my daughter routinely uses a laptop running Kubuntu 9.04. Sometimes I would ask the student tour guide if Linux was supported and was usually met with a blank stare. We're obviously not concerned about whether she can write papers using OpenOffice and Linux. Rather we've been wondering about using other computing services on campus like classroom applications, remote printing, VPNs, or Wi-Fi support (nearly all these campuses have ubiquitous Wi-Fi). Given the composition of Slashdot's readership, I thought I'd pose the question here. Does your school support Linux? Have you found it difficult or impossible to use Linux in concert with the school's computing services?'

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