Hi,
> I;m trying to get started with SPM2 because of fMRI data and I wonder
> if there's any difference between running SPM2 under Windows or Linux.
> If so, I'd like to know too to know which version of Linux or Windows
> is the best one.
SPM seems to be about 30 percent faster on Linux than on Windows, for
reasons that are not exactly clear:
http://www.mrc-cbu.cam.ac.uk/Imaging/Common/spm_benchmarks.shtml
http://www.psychology.nottingham.ac.uk/staff/cr1/spm99.html
You may have to apply some small changes to SPM for some versions of
Linux (Redhat in particular):
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind04&L=spm&P=R164345&I=-1
but otherwise, I don't know of any problems with particular distributions,
Best,
Matthew
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