• Linux

    PalestraLinux is back!

    PalestraLinux, an italian site dedicated to Linux was recently moved to their new site, hosted at Netsons. The old site is still on here. I would suggest to all my Italian friends with a passion for Linux to visit it in the next weeks. It is going to be a nice and interesting portal.

  • Linux

    Octave 3.0.0 is out!

    Octave 3.0.0 has been released and can be downloaded from the Octave download page. A summary of the new features and changes made in this version is available here.

  • Linux,  openSUSE

    Some Maths with openSUSE

    The openSUSE build service contains various scientific applications which can be easily installed using the 1-click installation technology introduced in openSUSE 10.3. Among these, of particular importance for Maths, we have three powerful tools like: Maxima and its graphical frontend wxMaxima (OpenSUSE 10.3 Build Service page here) Maxima is a symbolic manipulation software descending from Macsyma, developed at MIT, which was an inspiration for modern symbolic manipulators. Scilab (OpenSUSE 10.3 Build Service page here) Scilab is an open source numerical computation platform developed in France by the Scilab Consortium at INRIA (Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique). It allows interoperability due to its open nature and can…