On Jan 9, 1:18 pm, Dima Pasechnik <dimp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, 10 January 2012 01:11:37 UTC+8, William wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 7:32 AM, Volker Braun <vbrau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi Wiliam, > > > > Karl-Dieter told me that you found some problem with the virtual > > > machine but he didn't recall any details. What exactly is the issue? > > > Volker, > > > My perspective changed a lot because I spent so much time during the > > last week trying to help many mathematicians to install and use Sage > > at a huge conference, the Sage exhibit booth, and the short course. > > Here's what I think: > > > (1) Virtual machines (or possibly co-Linux, maybe) is the only thing > > we should put any effort toward for Windows. A native Microsoft C++ > > port or a Cygwin port are both a waste of time. I thus strongly > > applaud your effort to make a VM (and anybody else's). > > Yes, I think it's a good idea to stop spending time etc on Cygwin port. > It is a huge PITA to use it in its present state (having spent quite a bit > of time on it last year) ,
True, though it's frustrating to have to count that all as a sunk cost :( What about Emil's LiveCD and bootable partition thingie solutions as well? Certainly the one-click version is a possible solution as well, if it's robust. -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
