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I have to use AutoCAD in school. What should I do? (piefed.social)
submitted 6 months ago by to c/linux4noobs@programming.dev
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In two days I would need AutoCAD installed for my course. It is common knowledge that AutoCAD doesn't work on Linux, even with Wine. I've been looking around for threads but it seems like knowledge and experience with this is fragmented. Also, I would prefer not using the web version as the WiFi is spotty in my university.

For example, would AutoCAD even work on a VM? I heard that some apps won't even run on a VM.

Is Windows capable of deleting my Linux partition from within a VM? I apologize for my lack of experience regarding this matter.

What VM is better to use? I think I would prefer one that saves files, I think.

Should I even bother with a VM or should I just use an old laptop? Do note that my old laptop is a budget laptop and I don't know how demanding AutoCAD can be.

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[–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

I was in the same boat as you at the start of this semester. I lucked out though because my school laptop has an extra M.2 slot so I'm able to dual boot windows on a completely separate drive. If you don't have a spare drive slot in your laptop you may be able to do it on a portable drive.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    You can actually dual boot just fine on a single drive. We used to TRIPLE boot Mac/Linux/Windows!

    It was way more of a hassle back in the non-EFI days where you could only have one bootloader per disk. These days they don't clobber each other.

    -- Frost

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