Installing GRASS on PC - Linux vs. SCO ver 3.0

GRASS GRASS user
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Dear Netters,
can anyone with experience of installing GRASS on PC-486 compare pros
and cons of Linux vs SCO Unix ver. 3.0 for this? I'm esp. interested
in ease of use, although installation quirks on these platforms are also
important. Or maybe SCO is not suited at all? Somehow I can't recall much
postings to the list on this recently.
Regards,
Ania

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On Wed, 6 Apr 1994, Ania Oldak wrote:

can anyone with experience of installing GRASS on PC-486 compare pros
and cons of Linux vs SCO Unix ver. 3.0 for this? I'm esp. interested
in ease of use, although installation quirks on these platforms are also
important. Or maybe SCO is not suited at all? Somehow I can't recall much
postings to the list on this recently.

I can only report on the Linux side of things: no problems that I can
find. Andy Burnett at CERL has been kind enough to provide binary
executables (though no libraries) of GRASS 4.1.3 for Linux on
topquark.cecer.army.mil. Installing Softlanding Linux is not a problem; I
do it from CD-ROM, but you can order diskettes or download from the net.

Until I run into problems with the Linux system, I see no reason to pay
money for SCO, even if I weren't boycotting Microsoft and consorts.

-- Mark

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On Wed, 6 Apr 1994, Mark P. Line wrote:

I can only report on the Linux side of things: no problems that I can
find. Andy Burnett at CERL has been kind enough to provide binary
executables (though no libraries) of GRASS 4.1.3 for Linux on

                                             ^^^^^

topquark.cecer.army.mil. Installing Softlanding Linux is not a problem; I
do it from CD-ROM, but you can order diskettes or download from the net.

Thanks to Lawrence Houston for pointing out to me that only the Update #2
binaries are currently available on the topquark site. Sorry for the
temporary misinformation.

-- Mark

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Open Pathways Fax: +1-206-733-6040
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