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We tend to download one copy of the FC version of CCP4 and associated
packages, and install it on one central disk on our file server. About
50 or so linux boxes then use these executables. Windows (very few) and
OSX owners (mostly laptops) are left to their own devices and all do
their own downloads.
I also happily install binaries (for the linux version), and only
download the source code to make sure it is available for developers.
The new download mechanisms for (binaries of) CCP4 work very well for
us, so several thanks to the Daresbury CCP4 team!
Johan
Jeff Speir wrote:
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As was mentioned previously in regards to the CCP4 downloads, managed
lab computers may need only one download but account for many
installations. The statistics are interesting but reflect what exactly?
I'm happy (lazy!) and thankful to download well compiled binaries as
well as source code for our OS X boxes (several thanks to Bill and Dave
Gohara). I compile and/or test all on my PowerBook G4, then (depending
on the program) distribute the result to between 13-29 other G5, G4,
and PowerBook Macs. Count 14 minimum in the OSX column for each of my
downloads. I'm sure there are similar situations in other labs.
Cheers,
Jeff
On Apr 21, 2006, at 7:36 AM, William Scott wrote:
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There might be some degree of fuzziness in the statistics, since Mac
OS X and GNU/Linux users might be more likely to install from source
code than windows users. I never install OSX (or Linux) binaries if
the source code is available.
Also, don't windoze people do this thing that involves reinstalling
their OS every so often? Maybe it is just the same 3 people that
keep downloading the windoze version?
Bill
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006, George M. Sheldrick wrote:
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After the shock that 50% of CCP4 downloads are for Windoze, we have
checked the statistics for SHELX downloads, which averaged over the
last few months about 10 per day for the .tgz files each containing
all the binaries for a particular OS and about 2 per day for the
.tgz file of all the sources. Ignoring the sources, which would be
needed for other OSes but may include e.g. Linux users who compile
just for the fun of it, the statistics are:
Linux 47%, Windowe 32% and MacOSX(G4/G5) 21%.
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