Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Request for help from Windows + Linux users.

[Camm Maguire]

Greetings!

Eugene Surowitz <address@hidden> writes:

> Depends on the kind of Mac you are talking about.
>
> A Mac that is Intel based can run Windows and Apple's  OS/X
> in various ways and hot swap between them.
>
> A PowerPC Mac (mine) doesn't have a native Axiom mostly
> because of developer resources as well as the switch to the Intel processor.
> I have started working my way toward getting GCL native and then
> trying to determine what the Axiom build runs into.
>

PPC mac worked at one time with the locbfd configure option.  Don't
know how much effort should be put into maintaining it at this point.

Take care,

> For the desperate, you could probably get away with running
> MS's VirtualPC product on the Powerbook; it emulates the Intel
> instruction set and runs Windows. Speed had better not be your concern.
> The product may have been pulled but mine still updates Windows.
>
> I think this get the current state of things about right.
>
>
> Demitri Muna wrote:
>> Hi Gene,
>>
>> Thanks for the link - I've never come across that before. It doesn't seem to 
>> run on a Mac though...
>>
>> Demitri
>>
>> On Apr 15, 2010, at 8:33 AM, Eugene Surowitz wrote:
>>
>>> There is another alternative:
>>>
>>> I use the AXIOM the free and open source algebraic system that
>>> can be run on a Linux that operates as an application on windows;
>>> no partitioning or dual boot necessary.
>>>
>>> See the section "Axiom on Windows" lower down on this page:
>>> http://axiom.axiom-developer.org/axiom-website/download.html
>>>
>>> Cheers, Gene
>>>
>>> Demitri Muna wrote:
>>>> Hi Eugene,
>>>> Thanks for the information. Right now (partly based on the feedback) I'm 
>>>> considering requiring Windows users use Linux, either through an 
>>>> installation on a flash drive, a virtual machine, or partitioning their 
>>>> drive.
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Demitri
>>>> On Apr 14, 2010, at 4:00 PM, Eugene Surowitz wrote:
>>>>> I regularly use the "cygwin" on MS Windows;
>>>>> it provides a unix-like environment with many packages of tools.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think "mingw" does the same, but I currently don't use it.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers, Eugene Surowitz
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Demitri Muna wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> As I announced last week, I'm running a scientific programming workshop 
>>>>>> in June (deadline to apply is tomorrow!). The participants will be 
>>>>>> bringing their own laptops running OS X, Linux, and Windows.
>>>>>> There are several tools that I want to introduce, but for some things I 
>>>>>> am really only familiar with OS X (and to a lesser degree, Linux). I'd 
>>>>>> like to see if there is anyone who works regularly on Linux or Windows 
>>>>>> who can assist me in finding the right tools on those platforms. An 
>>>>>> example of the tools/tasks I want to illustrate:
>>>>>> - A free IDE (python/C++/etc.).
>>>>>> - SVN gui (or at all on Win)
>>>>>> - Running gcc (on Win)
>>>>>> - Code profiling / debugging
>>>>>> - SQLite (Win - command line interface?)
>>>>>> - Running fuse
>>>>>> - etc.
>>>>>> While I have some ideas of what is available (e.g. Eclispe), I don't 
>>>>>> really know how to use these tools on non-Mac platforms and would like 
>>>>>> someone who is familiar with them and uses them regularly.
>>>>>> Of course, a valid question is whether one should bother with Windows in 
>>>>>> scientific research, so if anyone actually does day to day data analysis 
>>>>>> in Windows I'd be curious to hear from you even if you don't have the 
>>>>>> time to help.
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Demitri
>>>>>> _________________________________________
>>>>>> Demitri Muna
>>>>>> Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
>>>>>> New York University
>>>>>> 4 Washington Place
>>>>>> New York, NY 10003
>>>>>> (212) 992-7453
>>>> _________________________________________
>>>> Demitri Muna
>>>> Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
>>>> New York University
>>>> 4 Washington Place
>>>> New York, NY 10003
>>>> (212) 992-7453
>>>
>>
>> _________________________________________
>> Demitri Muna
>>
>> Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics
>> New York University
>> 4 Washington Place
>> New York, NY 10003
>>
>> (212) 992-7453
>>
>>
>>
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