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Subject:
The 'U' word
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Michael Hannon <[log in to unmask]>
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Michael Hannon <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 17 Jul 2007 14:12:57 -0700
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Hi, folks.  I'm getting some inquiries about Ubuntu these days.  The 
following, from one of our postdocs, is fairly typical:

 > I'm not usually one to proselytize, but the availability of scientific
 > applications on "Scientific Linux" is just embarrassing compared to
 > Debian/Ubuntu.  Just some of the scientific apps I can apt-get that
 > aren't available on SL: axiom, singular, root, grace.

I am personally happy and comfortable with SL, but I *can* see an 
advantage to having Avogadro's number of packages available for quick 
and easy installation.

I'd like to know how others are dealing with this.  Is anybody using 
Ubuntu clients with SL servers for instance?  Any other words of wisdom 
on this topic?

Thanks.

					- Mike
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Michael Hannon            mailto:[log in to unmask]
Dept. of Physics          530.752.4966
University of California  530.752.4717 FAX
Davis, CA 95616-8677

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