(1) The Rosetta CD does not have TeXmacs.
a. Since the AsTeX
distribution promises to download a version of TeX, and I
have one that I would not like overwritten, I am hesitant to
use the install program for anything.
b. The file referred to is an ISO CD image file. To read it
you must find a program to unpack it somehow. I found a trial
version of WinImage that could do it, at least for 30 days.
I hope it has not inserted a virus in my system.
(2) This Live-CD idea seems attractive, although I assume there
are some aspects of the setup that may be a problem. Like
lack of security for other networked systems, maybe limited
access to files, etc. If there is a package that runs
texmacs and maxima, I would be interested in exploring this
further. I do not know what quantiam is.
Do you have a texmacs+maxima live CD that I can copy?
RJF
Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas wrote:
>Hi,
>
>On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 15:18, Richard Fateman wrote:
>
>
>> I think it would be very handy to have a CD that runs texmacs and maxima,
>>and could just be handed to students. While some students have linux and
>>a few have macintosh computers, most have windows (2000 or XP).
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>Same here, thats why we're working on Live-CDs The advantage is that
>students can use Linux from Ramdisk no matter wich Operative System they
>have (They just run the software from the LIve CD, booting from it)
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>>If I understand the setup now, there is nothing I can give
>>the students with Windows.
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>Yes, you can give them the Live Linux CD with mathematical applications
>(like quantiam for example). They will not have to configure the Cygwin
>stuff and can use the advanges of Linux without installing. The advange
>over Rosseta is that you can package a lot more applications that the
>ones developed first on Linux and then ported to windows. You and your
>students dont have to wait the porting process.
>
>
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>>On my own computer I have cygwin+texmacs, and separately
>>maxima.
>>
>>If there is an easy install package for texmacs+maxima on windows,
>>I would be very interested in it.
>>
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>I abandoned this posibility. With Live-CDs I can concetrate more on
>content and less in multi-plataform support.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Offray
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