Mildly Infuriating

"Upgrade"

LOL

Damn! If only we had some sort of technology that was OS independent and served as a way to view content and run code written for it without having to recompile for every platform.

I am of course talking about web browsers. Which I'm betting this screenshot is from.

Use Librewolf or a plugin that masks your user agent for privacy purposes; hides your OS so you can't be fingerprinted so easily.

For the record, my friend (he uses arch btw) has used Pearson before and I dont believe it actually affected him, so to me the message means "it could work for you but we won't support Linux if something screws up on your end because we're lazy developers"

if it's in a browser fake ur user agent

NO! YOU FUCKING UPGRADE!

I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

There s a place where you can name and shame in a permanent searchable record: https://wiki.rossmanngroup.com/wiki/Main_Page

Be the change you want.

I had that problem. I changed my ua to Edge on Windows, and the message went away. Everything worked.

"Upgrade"? Every other option is a downgrade. Sue them for false advertisement.

Very loose interpretation of the word "upgrade" they're employing here..

I’ll just change my web browser’s user agent then; you’re a fucking website, you don’t need to know which OS I’m using.

It’s amazing how many “unsupported” web apps work perfectly fine once you change the UA. It’s often a completely arbitrary limitation so that they can hire less qualified support staff.

I had this problem over 10 years ago. change your user-agent, problem solved.

they do it because they are regulations for educational software that must be met, like specific access requirements in order to be used in accredited courses.

it's not anything specifically against Linux, it's that they can't test and validate those access requirements for anything outside Windows due to organizational limitations.

source: I worked for colleges early in my career that used Pearson then worked for a vendor that managed infrastructure and project management for Pearson. they aren't unique, their competition is just as fucked as they are. most still use waterfall because upper mgmt is old and refuses to adapt.

upgrade to a supported operating system

What are the options? Let me guess, Micro$oft Windows or Windows

"Upgrading" to a supported operating system.... "Upgrading".

Their deliberate word choice of “upgrade” to supported operating system is mildly infuriating.

The funny thing is that their server is probably running on Linux.

Upgrade

Insults on top of incompetence, huh?

"Our spyware is not able to accommodate your platform."

The horror stories I've read about what you give the software access to do (assuming there's truth to them; I've never run it myself).

Edit: I'm realizing now your screenshot is probably for a web course.

I just tried to do a certification exam with these pricks a few hours ago. It was my first time and I was not expecting the degree of privacy-violating photos they would need of my workspace. I work in my bedroom and my desk wasn't clean enough. I think. I could barely understand what the guy was saying due to his thick accent. I think I got disconnected twice and just gave up. Fucking scam. All for a worthless piece of fucking paper to prove I can do the same job I've been doing for the past 13+ years.

What "Key features" from an educational course could possibly require windows? It's spying on you.

Its comical that in the last 25 years Linux has gone from a nerd-only tool to something that a 10 year old can install on an air-fryer and still we deal with this bs

Same pearson selling linux books

"upgrade"

Our website runs on a linux server, can you not use it though

How tf do you not support an operating system. Like you gotta go out of your way to detect and block the operating system. Like if you put in 0 effort it would probably work but your company really spent money making their product less accessible for no reason.

The Pearson website for assignments and exercises is definitely in by bottom-ten user experiences on the internet. And it's even a paid tool! Fuck pearson