We are using Fedora system for pymol and coot 3D. I prefer Mac OSX, but I
have no way of making 3D environment for pymol and coot 3D, I'd like to
know if any lab make the 3D environment work for Mac OS X system.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2016 at 7:45 AM, Robert Oeffner <rd...@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> We build Phenix on all three platforms, i.e. Windows, Linux and MacOSX.
> Microsoft provides great C/C++compilers for free on Windows. One minor
> issue though is that since our software uses Python 2.7 binary
> compatibility with the python2.7 installer requires that the rest of Phenix
> is built with the older VS2008 compiler. That edition doesn't support the
> latest bells and whistles of esoteric C++ language features but this is not
> a showstopper.
>
> Rob
>
>
> Subject: Re: Structural biology software that does not run on Windows or
> gives important Windows-specific problems
> From: Patrick Loll <pat.l...@drexel.edu>
> Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:31:54 -0400
>
> How about the ability to compile code? Are there decent compilers readily
> available for Windows? I like being able to write & compile the occasional
> fortran program {hic sunt dinosaurs}, and it’s easy to do this on a
> unix-based platform like OSX.
>
> If your reasoned arguments fail, I have found that many institutions'
> information technology administrators are easily intimidated by a few
> random references to unix (Rsync! Grep! Bash!). Such words seem to function
> as charms that keep evil spirits (i.e. IT administrators) at bay.
>
> > On 14 Oct 2016, at 11:14 AM, Mark J van Raaij <mjvanra...@cnb.csic.es>
> wrote:
> >
> > Dear All,
> >
> > our institution requires me to provide a reasoning not to buy a Windows
> computer (I want to buy a new MacOSX system), so I am looking for software
> that does not run or is limited on Windows.
> >
> > Not available:
> > (Auto)SHARP
> > ARPWARP
> >
> > Available on Windows but with significant limitations
> > Phenix (no MR-Rosetta, no parallelization)
> > CCP4 (limitations on file-names)
> >
> > Please correct me if pertinent and provide additional examples if
> possible.
> >
> > Gratefully yours,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > Mark J van Raaij
> > Dpto de Estructura de Macromoleculas
> > Centro Nacional de Biotecnologia - CSIC
> > calle Darwin 3
> > E-28049 Madrid, Spain
> > tel. (+34) 91 585 4616
> > http://wwwuser.cnb.csic.es/~mjvanraaij
>
