http://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=cae http://linuxappfinder.com/package/scilab http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Science-and-Engineering/Mathematics/Scilab-19592.shtml http://alternativeto.net/desktop/scilab/ http://www.archlinux.org/packages/2/?q=tw My post about distros still stands. There are about 8 specific binary distros. And you can get it form source and MatLab is an alternative or one of them. I'm Partial to Arch. Remember just because a "new" animal comes out, or theres and update. Unless it is a security issue or to fix a specific bug in your application/process. I am of the school of DON'T touch a production machine thats working! Using a production machine like a desktop user or to help as a "beta" tester is a bad idea. On Fri, 2010-01-01 at 23:49 -0600, Jason Hsu, Linux User wrote: > This is for a laptop for Project Phoenix, an IEEE study group working on an open source blood pressure monitor. I don't need Scilab and the microcontroller programming software to be included in the distro - repository access is good enough. > > On Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:47:05 -0600 > gm5729 <gm5729 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Since you didn't specifically state if this is for a enterprise > > environment or home, but you did state you are an engineer that uses > > specialty software. There are a few "sciencetific distros out on > > distro watch. In some ways it sounds like you want your cake and eat > > it too. Speciatly apps outside of a general use on a desktop are going > > to take a while and will probably have to be compiled by source, more > > so if it is a higher mathematical app for enterprise truly going to be > > put on a server. Now VMWare is the gold standard for virtualization. > > It "may" be that some has already created an image for the app you > > need and its for lack of a better term ""plug and play". Debian, > > ArchLinux, I think is called scientific linux look for what you need > > and Gentoo I would say have the best bet of fitting your bill > > withsomeone maintaining a binary. Arch, Gentoo might not have it in > > binary form but have it in a pkgbuild. If it is a tarball from the > > application manager then Linux is Linux it will run on any version if > > the dependencies are met, and it may take some getting your hands > > dirty. I can say though that Debian is i386 compiled, Arch is i686, > > Slack is i486, Gentoo is probably what you make it because it is > > mainly source built. > > > > VampirePenguin > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 22:24, Jason Hsu, Linux User > > <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> wrote: > > > As an engineer, I like Ubuntu's strong repository (has Scilab and software for programming microcontrollers) but would prefer something more lightweight, especially since Ubuntu ends support of older versions while making newer versions more power-hungry. With each revision, some users of older computers get cut off and forced to another distro. > > > > > > I tried Debian, but it requires MUCH more tweaking to get it working, and it takes a LONG time to install it. I've been spoiled by Puppy Linux (so user-friendly and so lightweight), but it's software repository is weak, and I had difficulty with the Woof system (perhaps it will be better by 4.3.2 or 4.3.3). > > > > > > So what other Linux distros have a good repository like Ubuntu and are at least as user-friendly but are lighter-weight? What lightweight distros are compatible with the Ubuntu and/or Debian repository? Are Slackware and Gentoo distros I should consider? If they have strong repositories but are user-unfriendly, are there derivative distros that are compatible with their repositories? > > > > > > -- > > > Jason Hsu, Linux User <jhsu802701 at jasonhsu.com> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > NOTICE: > > GNUPG validated with key 0xD537A8E1. Questionable validations please > > verify by phone for authenticity. RTF, TXT, LaTeX, PDF and DJVU files > > inline or by attachment are gladly accepted. Confidentiality > > guaranteed only by strong encrypted formats whether sent or received > > from me. 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