On Wednesday, August 27, 2014, Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) < drkir...@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:
> >> > The download size of such a subset would be smaller than the full > version and MUCH smaller that a virtual machine image, as one doesn't need > to include a complete operating system too. > > > > That's not true. E.g., Puppy Linux is around 50MB, and is a complete > > useful operating system. In fact, I used to build the Sage VM > > (targeted at windows) using Puppy Linux years ago. > > > > -- William > > OK, but it still doesn't get around the problem one needs to install > VirtualBox, and the whole process of installing virtual machines is > really alien to a lot of Windows users. > > Personally I find installing virtual machines quite easy and useful, > but it seems to be a barrier for some at least. > > Dave You are absolutely right about that! I'm.not arguing for VM's here - just pointing out that disk space isn't a priori significantly worse because of that approach. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <javascript:;>. > To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com > <javascript:;>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- William Stein Professor of Mathematics University of Washington http://wstein.org wst...@uw.edu -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
