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Linux has plenty of software for students.
There's a wide range of apps for all types of needs.
Each of these apps can be installed and used for free.
Oh, how I loved being a student. Yeah, I was one of those people. Education was so important to me, and I couldn't get enough of it. I enjoyed it so much that I went on to serve as a teacher at three different universities.
Of course, I went to school before Linux was created. OK, I went to high school before the personal computer was even a thing, so my apps were a pad of paper, a pencil, and a calculator.
I'm old.
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