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Re: IDL Windows vs Linux [message #8728 is a reply to message #8716]

Tue, 15 April 1997 00:00

bart hoekstra
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Registered: January 1997

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Charles Martin wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I want to get IDL for a PC. There are two ways to do this. One is to get a
> linux version which will cost me $500. The other is to get the windows
> version that costs about $1000. I use the Solaris version at work.
> My question is: is there any advantage to buying the windows version?
> It is not uncommon for me to save my results to a graphics file and then
> load those results into Word or Powerpoint. Would I have any trouble
> accessing the Linux files from Windows?
>
> Charles Martin, PhD

One thing you might also want to consider is using WABI for linux. We
just
installed it, and it allows you to run word and powerpoint from within
Linux.
It costs $200.

We have been using idl for linux, and the only real problems specific to
Linux
I have encountered have been with the X-server, however I believe that
Xi now
has a X-windows server which supports 8 bit psuedo-color when running as
a 24 bit
color, which ease some of the problems.

One questions I'm not sure of though. We have an OpenGL server on our
machine
(i.e. not Mesa). Does IDL 5.0 use the OpenGL server if its available or
does it
always use Mesa? OpenGL is significantly faster in rendering.

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Bart Hoekstra Phone: (303)278-8700
Fax: (303)278-0789
Blackhawk Geometrics
bart@blackhawkgeo.com

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