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Mark,
I have not had any problems getting CCP4 to compile on the "pay" versions of
Redhat. Out lab is currently running Redhat Enterprise 4.3 Advanced
workstation. For academics the price is $50/yr which is a bargain since you
get automatic errata updates and every crystallographic program we use
compiles and runs right out of the box (its $25/yr for the desktop/single
processor version). I didn't have such luck with Fedora when I tried that.
James
On Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:43:56 -0400
"mark michaels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Hi everyone,
How I wish I could agree. I just rsync'ed, jigdo'd and http'd myself
DVD's
for FC5 and Debian 3.1r1. FC5's default, no questions asked install left
me
with a grub error 15. It appears that has to do with default LVM
partitioning
being incompatible with grub. Debian simply left me with a kernel panic.
Needless to say Knoppix(Debian) runs fine on the hardware.
I wish this was all a little bit easier. Of course even if I get some
version
of linux running I still have the headache of patching, debugging etc. in
order to get CCP4 to compile.
Well, back to the debugging...
m
From: Kevin Cowtan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [ccp4bb]: Choice of OS platform for (bio)crystallographic
computing
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 13:20:25 +0100
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Does anyone who has actually done it in the last year still believe that
setting up a Linux machine is harder than setting up a Windows machine, in
the case where compatible hardware has been selected in advance?
To set up a Linux machine with recent FC versions I just put in the DVD,
answer a handfull of questions, and leave it running for 40 mins. I get OS,
firewall, all the apps I need, a YUM gui for getting anything not built in
(such as media players etc), automated updating of the whole system by a
single unified mechanism.
To set up a Windows machine I have to do roughly the same steps, but I only
get the OS, a few half-baked apps, and a media player. I have to get
licenses for all the other software I want, especially an internet security
suite, office suite, languages, graphics etc, install them all, work
through the security policies, install virus protection and decent web
browser, and then cope with the constant bombardment of update messages
from every individual incompatible update system. And then resinstall the
whole system again when it gets clogged with spyware, incompatible updates,
or a destructive virus.
Of course, it is easier to buy a Windows or OS-X system preinstalled. Which
is I guess the difference.
K
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