> This is probably a better choice than Cygwin going forward. > > https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/commandline/wsl/about > > I don't know to what extent PETSc users have experimented with this > feature, but it should make it easier to build and distribute PETSc. We have tried this in Mainz, and PETSc (with MUMPS/SUPERLU_DIST/mpich) compiles out of the box with the new command-line option under windows 10. It’s not as fast as linux/mac, but does the job
This won’t make me give up my mac yet, but windows seems to head in the right direction. Boris _______________________________________________________ Boris J.P. Kaus Institute of Geosciences, Center for Computational Sciences & Center for Volcanoes and Atmosphere in Magmatic Open Systems Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany Office: 00-285 Tel: +49.6131.392.4527 http://www.geo-dynamics.eu _______________________________________________________
