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   justsoup :asexual_flag: (justsoup@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2026 17:32:54 JST justsoup :asexual_flag:

   Using an ARM laptop is amazing, because if my professor wants me to use shitty old Windows software, "My laptop is ARM, so I can't run that" is a valid excuse, unlike "My laptop runs Linux".

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2026 17:32:53 JST SuperDicq

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     @justsoup@mstdn.social Why is this a valid excuse suddenly?

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2026 18:59:43 JST SuperDicq

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     @justsoup@mstdn.social When I was in uni every teacher that tried to get me to use proprietary software got an hour long unskippable cutscene from me about why proprietary software is bad and should be not allowed in school.
     
     Using GNU/Linux is not "hindering oneself". The free software movement is a belief system. Requiring me to use proprietary software to pass a class is equivalent to forcing a vegan to eat meat or making a pacifist join the army.
     
     If you're persistent enough on this issue they will let you use different software, I promise.

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     justsoup :asexual_flag: (justsoup@mstdn.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jun-2026 18:59:45 JST justsoup :asexual_flag:

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     @SuperDicq Because most students at my Uni have an M-series Mac, so professors just give up and figure out alternative software. Its much better that they assume I'm using a Mac than believe I am "hindering myself" by using Linux.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 00:29:17 JST SuperDicq

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     @justsoup@mstdn.social Of course that's how you start, I only go on a rant if they say no.

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     justsoup :asexual_flag: (justsoup@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 00:29:18 JST justsoup :asexual_flag:

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     @SuperDicq Oh, I could probably say "I'm more used to [program that does the same thing but is FOSS]. Can I use that instead?" and they'd probably be fine with it if it can use the same file format. Its just easier to use the soc arch excuse. Most of my professors have nearly no idea how computers work. If I said it runs Linux, they'd probably ask if I could install Windows to make it work.

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     SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 00:32:25 JST SuperDicq

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     @justsoup@mstdn.social If failing a class is what it takes to avoid having to use unethical proprietary software I would gladly fail that class.

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     justsoup :asexual_flag: (justsoup@mstdn.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Jun-2026 00:32:26 JST justsoup :asexual_flag:

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     @SuperDicq I prefer to stay on the good side of the people that can grade me however they want with no rules...

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     Ranny Bergamotte (rannybergamotte@social.garudalinux.org)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 07:08:52 JST Ranny Bergamotte

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     @SuperDicq

     @justsoup

     Honestly, best decision ever, I learned soooo much more by teaching myself and using different software each time. I ended up learning blender, freecad, some typescript and other random things that way, and it was a blast.

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     Ranny Bergamotte (rannybergamotte@social.garudalinux.org)'s status on Friday, 19-Jun-2026 07:08:53 JST Ranny Bergamotte

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     @justsoup

     I took a few classes that involved basically exclusively Adobe software, or proprietary CAD. One of them, motion graphics, I spent the entire semester using anything but Adobe. We only had to turn in the final work, so I would show up in class, use the classroom computer with Adobe, and then recreate/finish at home with (mostly) free software instead and submit that. Every assignment I also used a different software to make the animation.

     SuperDicq repeated this.