On Mon, 22 May 2000, Glenn Carver wrote:
> 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.
"sysadmin" types will probably tell you that Debian has the edge; more
difficult to install the first time, but much easier to maintain/upgrade.
Well, as they say, YMMV.
> 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?
We've got Lahey/Fujitsu Express f95 (v5.5) and works quite well under
Debian (both "potato" and woody"). I kept my installation notes in case
someone needs them.
Jose
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Heriot-Watt University
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