Re: Will applications that run on v9.3 run on v10?
- From: "Pat" <pkelecy(removethis)@insightbb.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 May 2006 11:48:24 GMT
"houghi" <houghi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Pat wrote:
Thanks for all the replies!
Since it sounds like this app (a finite element analysis code) will most
likely work in 10.1, I guess I'll just give it a try.
You ARE aware that 10.1 is not yet out?
Yes, but it's at RC3 so my plan is (or was rather) to wait untill it's
officially released (which I think should be soon) and actually buy the box
version off Amazon.
Good point. I think I'll email the company and ask if they've done any
My plan is to install
SuSE on a second hard drive (I have a few spares laying around) and play
with it for a while. I used the Windows version of this app a lot so I
have
a good idea of how it should behave.
Yes, but if you have problems with the installation, you do not know
wether this is due to a difference between 9.3 and 10.0 and that it
can't run on 10.0 or that it is somethinge else.
testing of this app on 10.0 (there's also a user forum I can check with).
If not, then I'll probably go with 9.3 on my primary computer for now (to
play it safe) and maybe install 10.1 on another machine just to see what's
its like.
In terms of Linux not being like Windows, I'm expecting there to be some
differences. But in general I would expect i to be more similar than
different (i.e. double click icons to launch applications and open
folders;
click and drag to move things around; nested directory/folder
structures).
Is that not the case? If not, I think it's going to be hard to convince
Joe
public to switch.
What you are looking at is from a users point of view. The moment you
start installing programs, you become the system administrator.
That means more underlying knowledge of the system. Somebody who has no
experince with Linux should aknowledge that he has no knowledge of
Linux.
True. I plan to buy a good reference book (any recommendations?) that I can
go to for such things. I have one for Windows XP which has proven very
useful. Of course, there's also the web and newsgroups for the more
esoteric stuff. In that respect I expect Linux to be different than Windows
(but I hope no harder).
Linux is not another kind of Windows. If that keeps Joe Sicpack away.
then so be it. I am not in competion with M$.
I personally would like to see more balance in market place to encourage
software vendors to support multiple platforms. That way you're free to
choose the OS that performs best for the types of software that you use.
Pat
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