Good luck! ...this is going to be mayhem!
> Angus Davidson <angus.david...@wits.ac.za> hat am 29. Juli 2013 um 13:48 > geschrieben: > > Looking at installing 2014 on Linux Mint sometime early next month so this > conversation has been really worthwhile. > > Kind regards > > > > --------------------------------------------- > From: Raffaele Fragapane [raffsxsil...@googlemail.com] > Sent: 29 July 2013 01:40 PM > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > Subject: Re: Soft 2014 in Linux is "always-on-top"? > > > It's not quite as simple as linking dynamically vs statically. The fact soft > is still tied to a GCC "fixed" by mainwin (or was last I checked) isn't > exactly helping matters either. That said shell requirements are a non issue > honestly, the issues are others and on a completely different scale. > It's not all roses for some other software either, but yeah soft tends to be > the pickier of the lot > > On 29 Jul 2013 20:19, "Christoph Muetze" < c...@glarestudios.de > <mailto:c...@glarestudios.de> > wrote: > > > > > > On 07/27/2013 12:04 PM, Chris Chia wrote: > > > > > > > It's not because it is fragile in Linux but there are so > > > > > > > many flavours of Linux and the system lib versions differ > > > > > > > in these flavours. > > > > > > > > > that is true.. and yet just an excuse. so many > > > > > > > > > other developers manage it quite well to redistribute > > > > > > > > > their software properly - developers who know how to > > > > > > > > > do dynamic and/or static linking so that the programs > > > > > > > > > won't break outside of exactly defined lab conditions. > > > > and while we are at it, i don't get why Softimage users after over 10 > > years and who knows how many paid upgrades still have to jump through so > > many hoops just for installation and starting. Whats the deal will all the > > sourcing and tcsh-using? And why do we have to use a console to start > > Softimage as a default at all? not sure about you, but i really don't need > > that cozy 90s SGI-feeling anymore... Also the fixation on certain graphics > > cards and drivers is beyond my grasp. It's not as if Softimage is doing > > anything special here... > > > > :/ > > > > Chris > > > > > > This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If > you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately > and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this > communication without the permission of the University. Only authorised > signatories are competent to enter into agreements on behalf of the University > and recipients are thus advised that the content of this message may not be > legally binding on the University and may contain the personal views and > opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of > The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. All agreements between the > University and outsiders are subject to South African Law unless the > University agrees in writing to the contrary. >
