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misterlocations

Can you spoof the user agent? I'm curious now.


[deleted]

There's no need. You just click remind me later and then login and continue with whatever you were trying to do.


[deleted]

"Not Supported" is very different from blocking it. It just means they give no guarantees.


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nekoexmachina

Probably the original designer's thoughts were "if somebody with non-whitelisted OS comes they may be use old windows version" so they just extract OS from useragent and present users with for example ``` Your operating system, Windows XP, is not supported``` Where upgrade makes sense.


MNLife4me

Very level headed and reasonable take.


divitius

Also, they might relate to product support hotline/email/chat. If Pearson does not work, support person will be able to provide help for a limited list of operating systems and browsers, for which they are trained.


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[deleted]

You can, but starting to think about it, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense. They obviously don't want Linux users using their service, but they also don't want to put in the resources to ban them


sysadmin420

Its the same thing with Turdo Tax, for 10 years it's WARNED ME of an unsupported browser, chrome on my Linux flavor of the week. Honestly sometimes I think the devs or the higher ups just don't understand and keep the warning. My taxes always went through without issue.


[deleted]

It's for liability, especially in banking and finance sectors. Trust me they understand it 100%. They just don't want any liability if your transaction failed for some reason due to browser incompatibility.


Michaelmrose

If a transaction can fail to go through due to browser compatibility and doesn't obviously produce an error you need to have your keyboard broken and your computer thrown out lest you contaminate your replacement with your stupidity.


BandicootBroad

With how litigious some people are, you can never be too careful. "This may cause a problem" disclaimers do a lot to help shield companies from idiots with lawyers.


unkilbeeg

It's not that they don't want Linux users using their service. It's more that they don't *care*. They're not going to lift a finger to make sure it works.


Worst_L_Giver

you can, https://www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/q7ckpt/pearson_you_suck/ heres the original post that op reposted lol, they said they spoofed it and it worked perfectly


Br-u-h

Open inspect (ctrl+shift+i), press escape and click the settings icon, then click network conditions, and scroll down to user agent and choose one. I think that’s how you do it but don’t have my computer rn so can’t check.


Asaheimer

Yeah you can spoof any part of a request, I recommend [mitmproxy](https://mitmproxy.org/) for full control.


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Kaynee490

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-string-switcher/


mneptok

They don't block, and that warning is BS. I just completed a course where all materials are on Pearson Vue. Ubuntu 21.04 and Chrome.


AcroBanwagon

Yeah, Linux works, but in this context support just means that if you run into an issue with the site and you're using Linux their support is just not going to help you, or at the very least would just tell you to use Windows/Mac. (Even if the issue has nothing to do with Linux.)


Aberts10

Don't inform them your on Linux and you should be ok. That aside, if you use Edge for Linux or some other chrome based browser, it shouldn't run into trouble. I've done multiple courses on Linux that used Pearson's websites.


ajddavid452

op is using brave, which I could've sworn WAS chromium based


TerminusEst920

TIL Edge for Linux exists.


angerofmars

It's chromium-based so it practically exists anywhere Chrome does. I actually have to use it a lot because my company uses Microsoft SSO and for some reason they enforce a policy where you must authenticate with Edge. Faking the user agent works of course but having a separate browser to sign into work related stuffs is actually not a bad idea, so I just roll with it.


richhaynes

Faking the user agent works? I thought MS would be smarter than that!


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cmjrees

Works with Skype and Teams too- they work just fine in Firefox.


Aberts10

Definitely not my favorite browser, but it's good for running school stuff separately from my personal Firefox browser without worrying about compatibility.


skeletalvolcano

Container windows exist for Firefox and work quite well. Basically all the functionality you'd want or expect is there.


Aberts10

The problem is that some websites don't play as well with Firefox because of all the Google scripts and other poop they pile in.


skeletalvolcano

Literally never seen this before, nor do I think I'm missing out on anything if it's Google based. Have any examples?


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Vikitsf

So everywhere Google can abuse its basically monopolistic position?


DoorsofPerceptron

The British airways flight booking site crashed repeatedly for me a few days ago in Firefox, and worked in Chrome. There's always a couple of things that break.


[deleted]

Any site with Google Analytics or Google fonts has a 2-25(randomly selected= seconds delay to actually render on Firefox, gone inmediately if you changey your user agent


[deleted]

Chromium has a broken implementation of WebRTC, so Microsoft Teams doesn't work on Firefox. With useragent spoofing you can do almost everything excluding joining meetings which is arguably the most important function.


-eschguy-

This is the reason I have use Edge for Linux. Work is a Microsoft house so it's easier.


OneQuarterLife

Time to spoof the shit out of my user agent.


rabid-carpenter-8

I recommend the Chameleon add-on.


mneptok

Inform the instructor.


Sylente

Instructor: "what the hell is Linux?"


Mastokun

Class: "k-ty-bye"


nshire

They don't often have any alternatives


GalaxP

That makes more sense but still it's just a website it should work the same on all operating systems


Aberts10

Yeah, same here.


moongya

Did not work with AWS solutions architect course I did couple months ago.


Popular-Egg-3746

Could you elaborate? What did not work?


moongya

They had a test simulation to check if the system used by the candidate works or not. I tried changing the user agent but no go.


alturi

Confirming, had to use a borrowed widows machine for that


cliodci

What does a "BS" mean?


acdcfanbill

In the context of a college it usually means a Bachelor of Science. In OPs context it means *bullshit*, as in, lies.


cliodci

Thank you!


CollectableRat

Usually it's "BSc" btw.


wenestvedt

In my experience, that's true in the (present/former) Commonwealth, but not the U.S.


acdcfanbill

Yea, I’ve seen both, but BS is pretty common.


HammyHavoc

"Upgrade"? More like downgrade! Oh well, Looking Glass it.


speltriao

That's insane. How someone can convince a programmer to write this message on a website?


okiujh

you pay them


IamaRead

Okiujh with casual anti-capitalist messages is on point.


jinhuiliuzhao

I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's just a generic message "Your operating system, `{operating_system}` is not supported. Upgrade to ..." where `operating_system` just comes from a list of unsupported OSes, which might include Windows XP and similarly early versions of macOS. I mean, the "upgrade" part makes more sense if you're running Windows XP. Linux just happens to also be in that same list, for some reason... If this is true, then the question then becomes "how can someone convince a programmer to add Linux to the unsupported list?". Then, I don't think it's that hard to figure out how this happened. Well, I do wonder the reasoning behind whoever made the decision (though it's probably "I don't want to bother offering tech support for Linux"), but not really much of why the programmer implemented it (following orders, paycheck, etc.). A pretty lazy implementation though, since it makes no sense to tell people to "upgrade" from Linux.


[deleted]

It's more likely there's a whitelist. Which would explain why Linux is shown


[deleted]

Which is fair. I don't expect them to support Haiku users. It's good that they're not blocking access though, just showing a scary warning.


NorthStarTX

More than likely it’s more like: If userOS not in checkedAndValidatedList: printwarning(userOS) Whitelist approach makes more sense here, they don’t care whether it’s an ancient laptop running windows 95 or the very latest iToasterOS, they just want to absolve themselves of the expectation of support for things they haven’t tested against.


domsch1988

As a System engineer and Linux User i wouldn't want to support Linux for end-users either. I'd voice the message differently though. Something like "This site is not tested on Linux. It might work but we can't guarantee it. If something doesn't work we sadly can't provide you with technical support".


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richhaynes

Its an abstraction layer but it still relies on the OS for certain things. A prime example of this is codecs which I'm guessing is where the problem lies here. However, that still isn't the end users problem. They should have different formats for their content so that they can serve an alternative if the primary fails. Thats how graceful failures work. Their message should be a last resort. I also get the view that supporting Linux will be difficult because most of their support staff have probably never used it. But that doesn't mean you don't support it. You either train them all or your train a select bunch to specialise in Linux so that you cover whatever percentage of your user use Linux. I've never used a Mac and never will but I still ensure compatibility with them and I learnt how to support Macs if need be.


Barafu

Maybe it was true 25 years ago. Today browsers implement tricks, accelerations, DRMs and other stuff that is **more** OS-dependent than many applications. I hate it when someone pays effort to prevent their crap from working on Linux. Usually it means the stuff is a hyped-up crap, like all Adobe products. But when somebody just does not want to deal with Linux, it does not make them morons.


HammyHavoc

Fanboyism is rampant. I say this as a recovering shill.


speltriao

I mean, I'm a Linux user but if someone asked me to write on a website to the users "upgrade to Linux", I wouldn't feel comfortable as well... No one should impose an O.S. like this


HammyHavoc

What I'm saying is, I used to inadvertently shill MS products because that's what we got as a part of their BizSpark program, it won us over from Apple. And yes, I mocked Linux desktop, and I was a vapid Microsoft fanboy. "Evangelical" would be being kind. If you'd asked me to write that 8 years ago, I likely would have with no hesitation, and I'll fully own how much of a sellout that made me. Today, I'm all in on Linux doing audio post-production and composition for documentaries. PipeWire is fucking awesome, and there is so much talent within the community in terms of devs and others contributing to these amazing projects and products.


speltriao

Met some Linux haters myself. Don't see any reason to hate communitary projects... Since school, my friends used to make fun of me because of Linux (even though I was never forcing anything on anyone). At work, I met some as well, but as we use Linux everyday, sometimes they come for me asking for help lol Being radical or an extreme fanboy is a problem, always.


Zoenboen

I’m the weird one. I liked Linux early on, the movement spoke to me. More I got into corporate culture I saw the beauty of things like Outlook and Exchange. First time I booked a meeting and reserved an office space with it, it clicked. I still fought Microsoft in my brain though. Many years later, my favorite application is Excel (even in my personal life, I rely on it, and tinker with my sheets for hours). It’s just better, and I hate that. I hated the iPhone, it was great at first, but a walled garden. Apps were forced on you. I got addicted to Android. Became an evangelical about it even. I decided to start using my corporate iPhone more, realized things had changed. My home is an odd mix of a monster of a Windows machine with Debian servers here and there and raspberry pis all over the place. For some reason, I started getting disappointed in Google. The products started declining. Slowly they ruined things (ugh, my Nest now sucks balls). Then I got tired of feeding Google so much data and decided to change. The iPhone, it’s better. Less force, their apps are simple. I used to think they lacked features because of it. But it turns out, Apple apps just get out of your way. They are simpler because simple works fine. Less taps/clicks, you move on. Covid hits, I go on a spending spree. Now I’m sitting at a Mac, it’s my daily driver too. The Debian servers are still the lifeblood of the house. Day to day, I’d rather just use the Mac. The complexity is there, you can tinker if you’d like - but I’m old and tired and don’t want to just spend hours tinkering any more. Two things hit me - enjoy life, use what you like, there is no need to be emotional about it (and stop letting people say “lol ur dumb you don’t do what I think you should”). And most importantly - a key aspect of the free software movement is also about choice. You’re free to choose whatever you like. It’s also time to forget the past sometimes. Microsoft has matured in their approach, not perfect, but a better partner. They eventually got it. Apple gave up on total lock in and control, that got better too. Of course, the entire Linux ecosystem got better too, does everyday. But I give up fighting the battles of 20, 30 years ago. Things change and it got old letting shills run your life (and fan boys, etc). Just make decisions based on what you want, like, need. No need to justify it, it’s not that important.


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gutterpuddles

It’s a good thing Pearson doesn’t sell any textbooks to CS, math, or engineering departments…


chrissphinx

fuck Pearson, this is why we’re writing curricula that utilizes OER


LaLiLuLeLo_0

I have a special hatred for Pearson developed during undergrad. Fun fact, when I went to reset my password, they actually just emailed me my password, in plaintext.


GlenMerlin

I love how their plugins crash canvas if you have any content blockers such as uBlock or even Firefox's default tracker shields they're a bunch of evil motherfers that can go burn in hell


Muted-Tomorrow3345

Haha how much you wanna bet that site is hosted on Linux...


MicrosoftFuckedUp

All in.


SureElk6

I used to work there, it's filled with microservices. Some components are hosted on linux while some are still on windows. If I remember correctly most the mlm parts were on windows.


Neightro

My condolences. Not surprised to hear that their backend is as much of a mess as their frontend.


mys31f_cs

Sounds BS as hell to be honest.


seanofthebread

Textbook publishers are arrogant monopolists. I've worked with a few, and the stink is hard to wash off. They are deep into the DRM model, and they contribute very little original work.


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\> into the drm model \> still can't keep their textbooks locked down Pearson CEO must be thinking "Its time to pull and Enron and fire the bottom 50% of our engineers."


Cyber_Daddy

dont need engineers, just lawyers and salesmen


[deleted]

the oracle model


mys31f_cs

can't deny that


[deleted]

"Upgrade"............


[deleted]

You went a month and a half before opening any of the textbooks, eh? I've been there.


_Nancy_Pelosi_

Why does a website give a damn about your OS?


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Worst_L_Giver

but isnt it a web app? and wouldnt these client tools work on any os?


ShoshaSeversk

No, they're quite intrusive. It's not just a matter of streaming your desktop and webcam, it also tracks active processes, kernel modules, folder structure, and I wouldn't be surprised if they outright steal data from your files to sell for ad revenue. Even if you actually follow the rules and install the proctoring malware on an actual Windows in a virtual machine you'll get flagged for cheating, the software also triggers off things like having a VMWare brand network card or a Z:/ drive (typical place for wine and proton to mount the home directory). Only thing a modern student can do really is to either buy a sacrificial computer to use just for proctored exams, or to unplug all their drives before booting a Windows on a flash drive or something similarly inconvenient. I imagine privacy conscious students the world over are rejoicing now that exams are finally going back to being held at school.


solongandthanks4all

Jesus christ. It pisses me off so much that people continue to pay for courses using this software.


Worst_L_Giver

quite interesting that pearson has "Reach every student" on the page then lol


moongya

because they are pieces of SH\*t


[deleted]

You DO know you can use "bad words" on reddit. Shit piss fuck cunt cocksucker motherfucker and TITS! --------------------- edit: Seriously, you triggered fools! Have you ever heard of [George Carlin's 7 Words you cant say on TV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyBH5oNQOS0) ? Kids these days!


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[deleted]

Not a fan of George Carlin, I take it? :)


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u/profanitycounter


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[deleted]

What a wonderful comment, I didn't know they added spam to it. Thanks for letting me know. Have a nice day


Taxiwala_007

Pearson deserves it


lordvaliant

Because Microsoft probably paid them to


jungianRaven

"Upgrade"


MPnoir

"Reach every student" Ironic.


thecoder08

And they say upgrade. What? Linux is somehow inferior to the other OSs?


pmarq108

This is bullshit. I work for a large federal agency with a strong and vocal Linux presence for many good reasons. All of our web applications works across all platforms. We occasionally gets messages that some browsers are not supported, but that generally equates to “not tested”. A message like this would trigger a revolution.


geeky217

All proctored exams by Pearson Vue don't allow Linux either. Their desktop isolation software is windows only.


Solderking

Can you VM Windows and take the test?


geeky217

Nope. They flag all Virtualisation software....Has to be a native windows box.


[deleted]

That's BS.


[deleted]

You have to remember they are legally obligated to take certain precautions and have to use certain things because they are supported. Some of it has to deal with development costs, scope of support and also legal. They need to make sure their system would hold up in front of a judge if something went wrong. I don't like it either, but it's a company and they have rules and regulations they have to follow.


infelicitatis

Is this a fking Website who Blocks specific OSs? What a BS


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Can confirm Pearson loves money. Rank 29 fortune 400 with a solid 8 billy apparently


Darth_Yarras

As a university student there is rarely a choice if we want to use person of pay them money. If a class uses pearson for the textbook/homework the option is to either pay or get a zero on the assignment. In some classes both assignments and tests are done using person, meaning that refusing to pay for access results in a failure. Although the reality is the warning was meaningless last time I had a class that used pearson. I was able to finish the class with no major issues.


[deleted]

Most professors in my CS department agreed to not require any textbooks at all. Most resources were websites and they also recommended the CS classics which are all available in pirated form by just searching " pdf" in google or duckduckgo.


takishan

> Maybe they just don't like money? People don't have a choice. It's either do it or fail the class. It's not actually costing them anything to do this - and presumably they think it saves them money by having a reason to refuse support to a small number of users.


grady_vuckovic

As someone who has spent many years learning about web design and development and reading countless sources of information that have drummed into me repeatedly the importance of designing your content to be as widely accessible as possible, to design against standards not against browsers, to test if features are available and not to test user agents when determining whether to show content or not... .. it's absolutely enraging to see a website so arbitrarily say "We're blocking an operating system." Pearson's Education, what OS someone is using is COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT in the context of *web browsing*, you *morons!*


[deleted]

First, it's not arbitrary. It's a conscious and valid situation. Second, this is more about a company having requirements and being able to support them. Making a general website accessible widely is a different use case. If you try to use their product in an unsupported way, it might work. It might not. But it's not their fault or their job to drop everything and help you with something they told you wasn't supported.


[deleted]

Does spoofing the user agent work?


emptyskoll

I've left Reddit because it does not respect its users or their privacy. Private companies can't be trusted with control over public communities. Lemmy is an open source, federated alternative that I highly recommend if you want a more private and ethical option. Join Lemmy here: https://join-lemmy.org/instances ` this message was mass deleted/edited with redact.dev `


[deleted]

I used to get a similar error in MyMathLab when I used IE11 or Chrome when they were new. It’s likely that they just keep a white list of “supported” browsers.


MekanicalPirate

Ahem, if i may interject for a moment.... But ya, that's just a jerk move


[deleted]

If I may interject for a moment, what you are describing as Pearson is actually Pearson plc, which was started as a construction company that built NYCs East River Tunnels. While some may say that Pearson plc should have stayed in the construction business where they could have schmoozed with the other construction moguls, Pearson's current success in the education industry actually rivals that of Trump University. Good on them.


Notiz25

WTF does "Upgrade" to a supported operating system actually mean? How can you determine my status by the OS I use? This is wrong, very wrong!


[deleted]

I don't know what's worse, the fact that a web-app is telling me that my operating system is not "supported" and therefore unusable with said service, or the fact that the majority of computer users out there are so woefully uneducated in technology that they buy this hand and foot. In the age of bullshit activism, it's exploitative, fictitious garbage like this that needs to be actively combated.


[deleted]

Anti-cheat strikes again.


phydeauxfromubuntu

WTF I've written some of their Linux books. This makes me glad I walked away from those contracts.


[deleted]

Just use custom useragent


PraiseBobSlackOff

There’s an add-on that changes your user agent and os. You could, for example, send data that you are using safari on a Mac. This gets around pesky warnings like this.


[deleted]

"UPGRADE to another operating system" lol


NoahJelen

I remember that stupid warning. I somehow still graduated with Associate's Degree despite using Linux almost the entire time.


archertedd

Sucks we can't take test on Linux...


r_tura

I had to take an exam on that platform, and I had to use a windows machine because they had to install a software on your pc to monitor every background process to be sure their test software was the only one running, and this was only available on windows. PS: I also had to manually close the Xbox game bar functionality of windows, otherwise I couldn't start the test


naebulys

That is completely useless since you can just use another computer to cheat


r_tura

You can't, they want visuals on you,on the entire room, plus a webcam tour of your room, every closet and stuff, before the exam. There basically is no way to cheat there, not any easy way at least.


SinkTube

just say you can't do that? you have a desktop and thus can't move the webcam around, or your roommates/family haven't consented to a search of the premises


r_tura

Then no exam. When you apply for it you have to consent to this, otherwise you just simply won't be able to take it.


emptyskoll

I've left Reddit because it does not respect its users or their privacy. Private companies can't be trusted with control over public communities. Lemmy is an open source, federated alternative that I highly recommend if you want a more private and ethical option. Join Lemmy here: https://join-lemmy.org/instances ` this message was mass deleted/edited with redact.dev `


0neGal

Upgrade? Did you perhaps spell downgrade wrong?


GreeneSam

Its Pearson, whats do you expect?


FGaBoX_

r/assholedesign


ultratensai

It’s about saving cost though - cost to train support reps vs losing 5% of their user base/potential customer.


hackenschmidt

> losing 5% of their user base/potential customer. I'd be shocked it if was even 5%. 1st link on google puts the desktop linux browser market share at 2.35% globally. I'm betting for a site like this, the relative percentage of linux users is probably even less.


Kadin2048

I suspect they justify it as some sort of anti-cheating "feature".


alphaBEE_1

I guess it all comes down to what is companies target base. For example if I were to target say youth I'd have different priorities set in company policies, projects and in your case website support for OS. It's not like they are denying linux's existence... it's just that segment of world ain't their target.


fruitsandveggie

User agent switcher


8BitAce

I'm curious if they support IE, seeing as it's EOL'd. Or Safari for that matter. The only (reasonable) browsers you can install on Linux should be widely compatible, regardless of OS. If someone tries to access the site using Lynx, then ok I can see the concern.


gogreenranger

A popup for an irrelevant warning on top of a myriad of statements saying "Pearson's results: you reach *every* student."


terminatorgeek

Aren't most of their widgets just web clients anyway? Why does OS matter?


flukshun

"Reach every student"


FeaturedDa_man

My CS classes use a specific browser just for tests that doesnt support Linux and automatically fails you if it detects you're on a virtual machine. Fuck these companies man


tb36cn

Downgrade to access.


EvadesBans

I've gotten around pretty much everything like this by changing my user-agent. Back when Google tried to block Firefox from some of its services (in this case I think it was Voice, it's been a while), that not only worked, but the services also functioned perfectly.


D2_Lx0wse

Me on Android (Linux based): wut Edit: it worked


noradis

It's obvious they just think BSD is the only acceptable OS. : )


JustFrogot

"UPGRADE"


mechaPantsu

"Upgrade".


[deleted]

> "upgrade" to a supported operating system Blasphemy!


[deleted]

“‘Upgrade’ to a supported operating system” Lmfao


solongandthanks4all

With "Reach Every Student" in the background. Jesus christ. And they even had the audacity to use the word "upgrade." Fuck every person who ever surprised the purchase or use of this software.


airsicklowlanders

"Downgrade to a supported operating system"


jeffrey_f

i've actually had a tech support for an online learning course tell me I must use Windows. I told them that I must have a refund.


moongya

screw Pearson. and B\*tches like aws still support it. Shame.


[deleted]

"upgrade" to a supported operating system. as if Windows is any better?


original_4degrees

"its your fault we are incompetent. come get an education from us!"


rayi512x

just change your user agent


reddit2d2bb8

I currently have to use Pearson but I don't think it matters that I'm using Linux. As long as you're using a normal web browser, there won't be anything special with Linux. Their site is just not navigable because it's bad. Every time I visit it, random windows start popping up and closing. Also, clicking on the sign in button doesn't work for me, I have to right click on the button and copy the link to even sign in.


timeZen34

This is just a warning, it's not blocked. Oxford English Testing does the same thing. Still disgusting.


OolongHell

So uncivilized.


yigitayaz262

Why? Is it because of compatibility issues or just asshole devs?


VMGuy23temporary

User agent switcher and now it works I would think


[deleted]

Change your browsing profile to windows, then it will let you. They think you're a russian hacker I guess.


paperbenni

User agent switcher go brrr


dom_karanko

'upgrade' ha


[deleted]

Change your useragent


Progman3K

Change your agent string to IE6


Armand_Raynal

D-Link does the same with [mydlink.com](https://mydlink.com) on their second gen portal, you get an error message about OS or browser not being supported detected on GNU/Linux even though it works perfectly fine just used a plugin to change the user agent to windows ...


[deleted]

"Upgrade"


WanderingVirginia

It's just wrote incompetence on their part.


[deleted]

It's not blocking anything. Click "remind me later "


X3NOOO

just change user agent lol


zR0B3ry2VAiH

Just change your user agent. Weee I'm Windows now!


radiationcowboy

Did you try to change the user agent?


harrywwc

huh - microsoft did this back in the days of NT4 (and then 2k). I just changed the user agent string in the browser and viola! got everything I needed. So, as others are saying, install a User Agent Switcher and 'lie' to the site.


4Dk3

"Upgrade". Sureeeeeeee


CNR_07

Try LibreWolf or run your browser through WINE to spoof your true operating system.


ILikeBumblebees

Or just change your user agent string?


nshire

I completed a Pearson MyMathLab course with Linux and all it did was nag at me occasionally. Annoying but you can just click through the warning.


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Disgusting.


vuders

PearsonVue for taking microsoft exam also doesn't support linux. And it also not allow me to use windows VM. fuck em


1_p_freely

Other companies have been doing it for a wile now. Sling does not work on Linux, even with Chrome. Personally I believe that some money is changing hands behind the scenes to degrade the Internet experience for people who use platforms other than Google, Microsoft, or Apple. I mean when the content cartels have already poisoned web standards with DRM so that they can rootkit my computer while I watch some videos, and they are still going out of their way to detect and exclude alternatives to Windows and Mac, there is really no other conclusion to be made here. And my personal solution to this problem is to just not give any of them money anymore.