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Re: Migrating to Linux/Octave
From: |
Ada Cheng |
Subject: |
Re: Migrating to Linux/Octave |
Date: |
Thu, 7 Oct 2004 13:00:55 -0400 (EDT) |
I have been running Octave on FreeBSD 4.x for close to 3 years now. No
problem at all. I run it on both a desktop and a laptop. Currently I am
running 4.10 on both.
Ada
n Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Chris Marks wrote:
> Anticipating the day when I no longer have free access to Matlab, I intend
> to buy or build a new computer running Linux and Octave. I find the
> prospect a bit overwhelming right now. I consider myself highly literate
> Windows user, but am completely ignorant of Unix/Linux. I have time and
> want to learn Linux, so some of the more expensive "do everything for me"
> packages are not appealing. Most of my Matlab use in with linalg and
> statistics. Is there a particular cheap/free Linux build that would be good
> for me?
>
> Hardware recomendations are also welcome. Is there an advantage in getting
> a 64 bit system? I am comfortable spending up to $1k on this project and am
> in the US.
>
> Chris Marks
> Laboratory Supervisor
> Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
> University of Virginia
> PO Box 400745
> 116 Engineer's Way
> Charlottesville, VA 22904
> 434-982-5794
> http://www.virginia.edu/cese/
>
>
>
>
>
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> Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.
>
> Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org
> How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html
> Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html
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>
>
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Ada Cheng address@hidden
Assistant Professor http://www.kettering.edu/~acheng
Department of Science and Mathematics
Kettering University
1700 West Third Avenue
Flint, Michigan 48504-4898
U.S.A.
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Octave is freely available under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Octave's home on the web: http://www.octave.org
How to fund new projects: http://www.octave.org/funding.html
Subscription information: http://www.octave.org/archive.html
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- RE: Migrating to Linux/Octave, (continued)
- RE: Migrating to Linux/Octave, NZG, 2004/10/07
- Re: Migrating to Linux/Octave, Paul Thomas, 2004/10/07
- Re: Migrating to Linux/Octave, E. Joshua Rigler, 2004/10/07
- Re: Migrating to Linux/Octave, Jonathan Stickel, 2004/10/07
- Re: Migrating to Linux/Octave, Przemek Klosowski, 2004/10/07
- Re: Migrating to Linux/Octave,
Ada Cheng <=