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Hi Gembuds, I couldn't find any reference to this online, so here goes: Does the latest version of Gempak run on Redhat Fedora without problem? We are currently using Redhat 9.0, but are thinking of upgrading our OS and Gempak versions. Or, will Gempak on Redhat 9.0 continue to be supported long into the future? Thanks, Chris From address@hidden Fri Jan 7 19:08:33 2005 Return-Path: <address@hidden> Received: from uwxcom01.univ-wea.com (uwxcom01.univ-wea.com [12.31.213.84]) by unidata.ucar.edu (UCAR/Unidata) with ESMTP id j0828Wv2015734; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:08:32 -0700 (MST) Organization: UCAR/Unidata Keywords: 200501080208.j0828Wv2015734 Received: from houmm.nt.univ-wea.com (houmm.univ-wea.com [12.31.213.144]) by uwxcom01.univ-wea.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j0828P04019801; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 02:08:25 GMT Received: from LIGHTNING.univ-wea.com (Not Verified[12.31.213.81]) by houmm.nt.univ-wea.com with NetIQ MailMarshal (v6,0,3,8) id <B41df40720001>; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 20:07:46 -0600 Received: by lightning.univ-wea.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <YXK1ZXRY>; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:06:58 -0600 Message-ID: <address@hidden> From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> To: "'Christopher H. McIntyre '" <address@hidden>, "'address@hidden '" <address@hidden>, "'address@hidden '" <address@hidden> Cc: "'address@hidden '" <address@hidden>, "'GEMPAK support '" <address@hidden> Subject: RE: supported OS's for Gempak Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:06:56 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on laraine.unidata.ucar.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_05, FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK autolearn=no version=3.0.1 Fedora is what Unidata currently builds GEMPAK on under Linux, so it is your best bet. -----Original Message----- From: address@hidden To: address@hidden Cc: address@hidden; GEMPAK support Sent: 1/7/2005 5:50 PM Subject: supported OS's for Gempak Hi Gembuds, I couldn't find any reference to this online, so here goes: Does the latest version of Gempak run on Redhat Fedora without problem? We are currently using Redhat 9.0, but are thinking of upgrading our OS and Gempak versions. Or, will Gempak on Redhat 9.0 continue to be supported long into the future? Thanks, Chris From address@hidden Fri Jan 7 19:38:06 2005 Return-Path: <address@hidden> Received: from smtp-relay.tamu.edu (smtp-relay.tamu.edu [165.91.143.199]) by unidata.ucar.edu (UCAR/Unidata) with ESMTP id j082c5v2018938; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 19:38:06 -0700 (MST) Keywords: 200501080238.j082c5v2018938 Received: from [192.168.1.60] (n5jxs.dsl.tamu.edu [165.91.15.31]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp-relay.tamu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j082btWS050720 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:37:56 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <address@hidden> Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 20:37:55 -0600 From: Gerry Creager N5JXS <address@hidden> Organization: Texas A&M University -- AATLT User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040922 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> CC: "'Christopher H. McIntyre '" <address@hidden>, "'address@hidden '" <address@hidden>, "'address@hidden '" <address@hidden>, "'address@hidden '" <address@hidden>, "'GEMPAK support '" <address@hidden> Subject: Re: supported OS's for Gempak References: <address@hidden> In-Reply-To: <address@hidden> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on laraine.unidata.ucar.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 I use Fedora Core 2 for most of our machines where Gempak runs. I've 2 older machines running older OS and Gempak versions that will only be upgraded when the machines are :-) They're working too well to risk a change! My experience with FC 2 and FC 3 has, overall, been that either works well. If Robert's recommending Fedora over Solaris, you know it's gotta be OK! gerry Robert Mullenax wrote: > Fedora is what Unidata currently builds GEMPAK on under Linux, so it is > your best bet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: address@hidden > To: address@hidden > Cc: address@hidden; GEMPAK support > Sent: 1/7/2005 5:50 PM > Subject: supported OS's for Gempak > > Hi Gembuds, > > I couldn't find any reference to this online, so here goes: > > Does the latest version of Gempak run on Redhat Fedora without problem? > We > are currently using Redhat 9.0, but are thinking of upgrading our OS and > Gempak versions. Or, will Gempak on Redhat 9.0 continue to be supported > long into the future? > > Thanks, > Chris -- Gerry Creager -- address@hidden Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.847.8578 Page: 979.228.0173 Office: 903A Eller Bldg, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843 From address@hidden Fri Jan 7 20:44:35 2005 Return-Path: <address@hidden> Received: from uwxcom01.univ-wea.com (uwxcom01.univ-wea.com [12.31.213.84]) by unidata.ucar.edu (UCAR/Unidata) with ESMTP id j083iYv2026230; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 20:44:34 -0700 (MST) Organization: UCAR/Unidata Keywords: 200501080344.j083iYv2026230 Received: from houmm.nt.univ-wea.com (houmm.univ-wea.com [12.31.213.144]) by uwxcom01.univ-wea.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j083iE04008176; Sat, 8 Jan 2005 03:44:14 GMT Received: from LIGHTNING.univ-wea.com (Not Verified[12.31.213.81]) by houmm.nt.univ-wea.com with NetIQ MailMarshal (v6,0,3,8) id <B41df56e70000>; Fri, 07 Jan 2005 21:43:35 -0600 Received: by lightning.univ-wea.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) id <YXK1ZXZR>; Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:42:46 -0600 Message-ID: <address@hidden> From: Robert Mullenax <address@hidden> To: "'Gerry Creager N5JXS '" <address@hidden> Cc: "''Christopher H. McIntyre ' '" <address@hidden>, "''address@hidden ' '" <address@hidden>, "''address@hidden ' '" <address@hidden>, "''address@hidden ' '" <address@hidden>, "''GEMPAK support ' '" <address@hidden> Subject: RE: supported OS's for Gempak Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 21:42:44 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.1 (2004-10-22) on laraine.unidata.ucar.edu X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.1 No, I would never recommend Fedora over Solaris. We recently finshed moving from Linux to Solaris 9/10 x86 after we could finally could install Solaris on our Dell Precision 450's. Best thing we ever did. Fixed all those annoying crashes GARP has under Linux (try plotting model data over satellite and then hitting Clear under Linux). Plus from a compute standpoint, Solaris 9 x86 with Sun compilers is about 20-50% faster than Linux gcc/g77. However, it's pointless to try to convince a Linux person to switch to Solaris. In that regard, best to stick with Fedora since that is what the Unidata folks all use, if they use Linux. I know FreeBSD and Solaris x86 are also used around there. -----Original Message----- From: Gerry Creager N5JXS To: Robert Mullenax Cc: 'Christopher H. McIntyre '; 'address@hidden '; 'address@hidden '; 'address@hidden '; 'GEMPAK support ' Sent: 1/7/2005 8:37 PM Subject: Re: supported OS's for Gempak I use Fedora Core 2 for most of our machines where Gempak runs. I've 2 older machines running older OS and Gempak versions that will only be upgraded when the machines are :-) They're working too well to risk a change! My experience with FC 2 and FC 3 has, overall, been that either works well. If Robert's recommending Fedora over Solaris, you know it's gotta be OK! gerry Robert Mullenax wrote: > Fedora is what Unidata currently builds GEMPAK on under Linux, so it is > your best bet. > > -----Original Message----- > From: address@hidden > To: address@hidden > Cc: address@hidden; GEMPAK support > Sent: 1/7/2005 5:50 PM > Subject: supported OS's for Gempak > > Hi Gembuds, > > I couldn't find any reference to this online, so here goes: > > Does the latest version of Gempak run on Redhat Fedora without problem? > We > are currently using Redhat 9.0, but are thinking of upgrading our OS and > Gempak versions. Or, will Gempak on Redhat 9.0 continue to be supported > long into the future? > > Thanks, > Chris -- Gerry Creager -- address@hidden Texas Mesonet -- AATLT, Texas A&M University Cell: 979.229.5301 Office: 979.458.4020 FAX: 979.847.8578 Page: 979.228.0173 Office: 903A Eller Bldg, TAMU, College Station, TX 77843