Matlab on windows 10 and Ubuntu 14.04

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Gabriel Diamond
Gabriel Diamond on 10 Feb 2016
Answered: Walter Roberson on 10 Feb 2016
I have a student license for matlab and have it installed and working properly on my computer which runs windows 10. I've recently partitioned my hard drive and now I also have ubuntu 14.04 running on my computer, so I can choose which OS I want to use. Is it possible to use the same matlab license and install matlab on ubuntu 14.04 along with windows 10? If so, how is it done?

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Walter Roberson
Walter Roberson on 10 Feb 2016
MS Windows uses a license key that is derived from the hard drive serial number. OS-X and Linux use license keys derived from the MAC address of an ethernet card. The keys for OS-X and Linux are therefore interchangable, but the key for MS Windows is not interchangible with either OS-X or Linux.
A couple of months ago, in response to a similar question, a Mathworks person said that what you propose is not allowed under the Student license. In my reading of the licenses, I think the Mathworks person was mistaken. The Student license is licensed to one host (at least according to the license text for R2014a and for R2015b), and in my opinion the detail of how they derive the license key for the different operating systems on the same host is their problem not yours. It is my opinion that if you contact Mathworks support that they should do whatever is needed to allow you to dual boot, which might plausibly involve them issuing a second license key. But I write this as someone who does not work for Mathworks and does not set their policy (and doesn't have a Student Version license.)

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