| Re: ANY LINUX IDL USERS? [message #8592 is a reply to message #8563] |
Fri, 28 March 1997 00:00  |
tferro
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Registered: May 1996
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John-David T. Smith (jdsmith@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu) wrote:
: Hey Folks:
: Does anyone have experience running LINUX IDL? Any inconsistencies or
: problems? Insufficient RSI support? Etc.?
We have a dozen or so Linux boxes running IDL (4.0). The only complaint
is that we (read I) have to constantly redo the license, since they are
using the old genver scheme with a temporary license which expires every
180 days. That may not seem bad for you, but it can be a pain. Version 5
is supposed to fix this problem and allow real licenses, including floating
licenses, which will be a great thing from management standpoint.
There are some small things not supported under Linux, but that really
hasn't been a problem. The our main programmers do much of their IDL
programming on Linux running on laptops. This is MUCH better than trying
to do the conversion to MS Windows.
We haven't had any support problems. When I do call about things (like it's
time to renew some licenses) they are quick to respond.
- Tony Ferro
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Anthony J. Ferro aferro@as.arizona.edu
Steward Observatory, NICMOS Project Ph: (520) 621-8683
University of Arizona FAX: (520) 621-1891
Tucson, AZ 85721 http://merlin.as.arizona.edu/~tferro/
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