"The problem from my side is not finding Maxima itself - the search engines lead you there."
Agreed.
You have to know the name to find it that way. I don't remember how I found it anymore but I think I searched the
string "open source CAS" or maybe I spelled CAS out. I found a lot of CAS programs, Maxima was my favorite almost right
away. I favored it because the web page said Maxima has the largest user base with an open forum. At the time I was
learning about the open source movement for the first time. My physics tutor told me it was a CAS product, that is how
I came to know the acronym CAS.
Rich