mathematica on linux
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg72610] mathematica on linux
- From: "Ranjan Grover" <ranjan.grover at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 05:25:39 -0500 (EST)
I just finished installing Mathematica 5.2 on my linux box and I was hoping that there would be some progress from version 5 which I installed a couple of years ago. Sadly, the same problems with font rendering, primitive user interface, rotated labels, and a lack of features as compared to the Windows version persist. Is there any plan of shifting to a QT/GTK based system in the next version? What are people's experience with running the Windows version using wine on Linux? I'm running while referencing a License server. Will wine be able to communicate with the license server? Please don't ignore us Linux users! Most clusters run on Linux, and a lot of scientific software runs on Linux so dual booting is quite a pain in the butt. Plus, with Windows Vista requiring 2 gajillion dollars for a copy, buying windows is a bit out of reach now. My wish list for Mathematica is as follows QT/GTk based system -> This solves font rendering and most other issues Mathematica deb package for Debian and Debian based systems -> Easy to install / un-install