On Mon, 22 May 2000 12:12:31 +0100 Glenn Carver
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> We are slowly moving our group to Linux/PC but we have yet to decide on
> which flavour of linux; either RedHat or Debian. Debian is preferred from a
> support point of view.
>
i read somewhere that one linux was posix compliant. does
anyone know which one?
we are also looking at linux support at King's due to
pressure from the user community. we would be grateful for
people's experience in this area.
> However, I do not have any experience with linux/pc fortran compilers. Do
> the major vendors such as Fujitus, Absoft etc support both Debian and
> RedHat? By support I mean many aspects such as, installing the software,
> running, updating (for instance do some manufacturers only provide RH
> rpms?), what's the debugging environment like?
>
> I would be grateful for comments from those with more pratical experience
> than I can pick up from the manufacturers websites. If there is any
> interest I will sumarize the results to this list.
>
> Thanks
> Glenn
>
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> Dr. Glenn Carver, Science Coordinator,
> Centre for Atmospheric Science, Cambridge University, Chemistry Dept.,
> Lensfield Road, Cambridge, CB2 1EW, UK.
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> - Albert Einstein
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