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High Quality Free Scientific Software
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The LinUX-X-Windows (a free 32 bit operative system for PCs)
environment has evolved quite fast and is no longer exclusive for
the programmming oriented scientists. Those of you with either
tight budgets or who think the cost-effectiveness and or quality
of commercial software is bad should, definitely, have a look on
a Scientific Software List I have compiled [see details below,
1].
The aforementioned list intends to make juniors and the
scientific community as a whole aware on the availability of
*high quality* scientific software, copyrighted but free of any
license fees whatsoever for non-commercial purposes.
LinUX, the operating system, may be freely retrieved from several
mirror sites around the world and will run on IBM-PC or
compatibles with a 386 CPU or higher and a minimum of 4 Mb of
RAM. Further, it seems the flagships running under LinUX are the
GIS applications.
Contents of the compiled list [If you wish a copy, follow the
instructions below, 2]:
[1] Software items classified under the following categories are
described. Further, FTP and Web sites where to download the
packages is specified. Volume of the file is 190 Kb. [Source =
The Linux Machine].
Software categories [number of described items between brackets]:
NEW (Dec 96) [43];
MATHS & STATS [56];
SIGNAL, DATA AND IMAGE PROCESSING/VISUALIZATION, GIS [39];
MISC. SC. APPL. [26];
CAD, GRAPH, DRAWING AND MODELING TOOLS [31];
PROGRAMMING TOOLS [56];
SCIENTIFIC DATA PLOTTING PACKAGES [14];
GENERAL PURPOSE GRAPHIC LIBRARIES [16];
WORD PROCESSING, TYPESETTING AND OFFICE SOFTWARE [20];
X-WINDOW GUI CONSTRUCTION [21];
OTHER [31].
[2] If you wish a copy of the compiled list, you may send an
e-mail message to [log in to unmask] with the
key word LINUX on the _subject field_. Once the number of
incoming requests stabilizes, the list will ship. Please, make
sure yo _do not_ use the automatic reply to respond to this
message. Thank you and enjoy. Cheers, Aldo-Pier Solari/lo.
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