> > > Mint is my current toy Linux and probably my next serious installation >
Getting OT here, but may I ask why Mint? I'm just curious, and because I sort of have to stick with Fedora (because of SI) I didn't try anything else for some time now. Before that I liked Sabayon pretty much. I didn't really like the Debian distros (probably just because I wasn't used to it). > On 29 Jul 2013 21:48, "Angus Davidson" < angus.david...@wits.ac.za > <mailto:angus.david...@wits.ac.za> > wrote: > > > 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 > > <mailto:raffsxsil...@googlemail.com> ] > > Sent: 29 July 2013 01:40 PM > > To: softimage@listproc.autodesk.com > > <mailto: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. > > >
