[Axiom-developer] Fwd: Re: SAGE

[William Stein]

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From: "Enrique Acosta" <address@hidden>
To: "William Stein" <address@hidden>
Cc:
Subject: Re: SAGE
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:05:33 -0700

Hi,

...sorry for the delay.

Well, I downloaded the CD and tried it on my laptop and it didn't
work, but then I tried it on my desktop computer and it did! I think
its a great thing to have and to distribute, although I had serious
problems mounting my USB drive and my HDD (I wasn't able to do it at
all) by some issues with user priviliges. I don't know if its because
I'm a complete Lunix morron, or just because there is really and
issue. Well.

Anyway, its too bad that it doesn't work with my laptop! I guess it
has to do with the compatibility of the Linux live CD with my
laptop...its a relatively old Dell (Latitude CPi), which even has some
issues running the Knoppix live CD. I put the CD in and it doesn't
even start loading, it only shows the fist line of booting where it
says the author of the program who wrote the Live CD thing.

Anyway,

thanks for everything again!

Enrique



On 9/13/06, Enrique Acosta <address@hidden> wrote:
> I'm downloading it now,
> but that may take a while since my internet connection is not very
> fast....it is possible that by tomorrow night I could try it out.
>
> I'll be telling you what happens.
>
> Thank you
>
> On 9/13/06, William Stein <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:08:39 -0700, Enrique Acosta
> > <address@hidden> wrote:
> > > By what you told me, I think you should change the documentation in
> > > the sage installation guide, since in the section Pre-built Binary
> > > Install there is not even a mention of coLinux!
> >
> > I rewrote it all this morning.  See attached.
> >
> > > Thank you again...and about your suggestion of me doing the Sage live
> > > CD...well, I would very much like to do it, but as I told you I'm a
> > > Linux Newbie and I don't think there is any possibility that I could
> > > find the time to learn all the stuff I would have to just to try to  
> do
> > > something which I will not even probably manage to do well. But
> > > anyway, do count with my help in whatever comes to your mind, I would
> > > be glad to help out as long as I have the time.
> >
> > I don't know if you noticed, but the Axiom people appear to have
> > made a Live CD that includes SAGE today.  I think they cc'd you
> > the emails about it.  In particular, here's what they wrote to me:
> >
> >     I created an image of Doyen with Sage:
> >
> >     http://alfredo.axiom-developer.org/DoyenSage.iso
> >
> >     I exhort you to try it and let me know if anything is missing. I  
> put a
> >     Sage icon on the Doyen menu. The Sage notebook should be
> >     functional also.
> >
> >     To take for a spin using vmware:
> >
> >      http://alfredo.axiom-developer.org/DoyenVmware.tar.gz
> >
> >