On Nov 14, 2003, at 2:33 AM, Chris wrote:
Is there a version of Stata the will run on Yellow Dog Linux on an
Apple? I
don't know much about it, but apparently it is basically RedHat for
the Apple.
I did not find this combo listed on the Stata website. I'm looking
for a
replacement for Windows and need to be sure my applications will still
run.
There was a Stata version 7.0 release for Linux/PPC. The issue is not
the flavor of Linux, but the underlying processor on which Linux runs
(PowerPC rather than Intel or equivalent). The Linux/PPC version did
not appear in Stata version 8, presumably due to insignificant demand.
Being the individual who badgered StataCorp to produce such a version,
I must explain that pre-Mac OS X, the performance of Apple hardware
running Linux was quite improved, for compute-bound tasks, when that
hardware was set up for dual-boot into YellowDog Linux and (Classic)
Mac OS -- similar to the performance gain that any Windows user may
enjoy by dual-booting into RedHat, Debian or SuSE Linux when they have
some serious computations to do, and wish to avoid the overhead of
Windows. But with the release and continual improvement of Mac OS X,
which is capable of running most Unix/Linux apps as efficiently as any
other *nix system, there is less need IMHO for PowerPC Linux. YDL runs
fine, and gives you a solid Linux environment on Mac hardware; but hey,
it doesn't do iTunes. End of story.
Kit
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