Do I have to use Windows to run Quartus II or to create writing assignments?
The intent of the all-Windows software policy is not meant to be punitive for students nor to support certain software vendors, but merely to provide a common set of tools and a consistent set of instructions. That being said, you can do whatever makes your life easier and still produces the desired results, as long as you realize that other software is not supported directly by the faculty and TAs of ECE 2031. Along those lines, you can use other word processing software, including tools that run on other operating systems, as long as the results meet the requirements on the UPCP site. On the technical side, it is possible to run Quartus II on Linux. Method I Most recently, 2031 student Andrew Ray notes: Quartus II can be installed natively under wine on Linux. http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=2847 I followed the directions for version 6.x, and changed my windows version (using winecfg, which is included with the default install of wine) and then ran the installer, and every
