Unfortunately, for school and probably my future job, I'm forced to use ArcGIS. It only runs on Windows and for some reason certain parts of the GUI are made of locally-hosted web pages with ActiveX controls that use the system's Internet Explorer settings even though the task manager shows no instances of IE running. Even the "Ubuntu server" edition requires Wine. That mess isn't moving to Linux any time soon.
Wow. That almost sounds like how I've seen local governments in the rural USA treat infrastructure. Designed for 30 years? Use it for 60-70 and don't apply for funding to fix/upgrade until it fails completely.
Unfortunately, for school and probably my future job, I'm forced to use ArcGIS. It only runs on Windows and for some reason certain parts of the GUI are made of locally-hosted web pages with ActiveX controls that use the system's Internet Explorer settings even though the task manager shows no instances of IE running. Even the "Ubuntu server" edition requires Wine. That mess isn't moving to Linux any time soon.
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