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Old 05-17-2011, 04:14 AM   #1
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Best distro for science apps.

I'm thinking of moving from gentoo to some other distro. Which distro has the largest repro of math and scientific apps.

Thanks for your time.
 
Old 05-17-2011, 04:33 AM   #2
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Probably Debian, here are the package lists:

http://packages.debian.org/stable/math/

http://packages.debian.org/stable/science/

http://packages.debian.org/testing/math/

http://packages.debian.org/testing/science/
 
Old 05-17-2011, 04:48 AM   #3
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I agree with BrianL debian is known for the having the largest repo
 
Old 05-17-2011, 05:57 AM   #4
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Alternatively, you could try Scientific Linux
http://www.scientificlinux.org/
It was made by scientists for scientists
 
  


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