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Re: IDL 6.0 on Fedora Core 1 Linux [message #37041 is a reply to message #37038] Thu, 20 November 2003 10:34 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
Ben Panter is currently offline  Ben Panter
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Paul Hein wrote:

> 4) Debian is a possibilty, but they are very slow to issue
> updates, and their installation process is painful. I know
> both of these are changing, but change takes time, and who
> knows....
<snip>
> Please feel free to share this information with the newsgroup. The
> opinions of the IDL Linux community are very important in figuring
> out what we should do...

We've just gone through the "no more redhat - argh!" debate here at the
Royal Observatory. At a guess we have 200 or so centrally managed linux
boxes, running all manner of astronomical gubbins. Most machines are
currently at RH 7.2 (fully patched as far as possible and behind a
firewall). The decision was made to go for Debian as it is "easier for
central management" - read the IT folk who make our networking work.

I've just moved to mandrake for my personal machine, as installing
Debian was exceptionally non trivial for a user rather than a guru.

I guess the gist of this is that you may need seperate "standards" for
the sitewide type installs (performed by people for whom linux installs
are bread and butter) and the lone machiners who want to use idl rather
than play with linux making linux work


Ben

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