[GRASSLIST:3724] Re: Linux vs. Windows 2000 port

[Glynn Clements]

Erin ODoherty/RMRS/USDAFS wrote:

> I am about to (finally) get rid of my old HP workstation because it is too
> old and slow to make it worth upgrading to GRASS5.  I am debating whether I
> should keep an older Pentium to run Linux for GRASS5 or if I should try to
> run GRASS5 on my jazzy new Windows2000 PC.    From reading the website
> information I am thinking that installing GRASS in the Windows environment
> is probably more trouble than it is worth.  (Also, I would greatly miss the
> functionality of Unix, since I have written a lot of shell scripts for
> GRASS and I am so accustomed to doing editing with vi and awk, etc. )  So,
> could someone with experience with GRASS in Windows advise me?  Is it
> really no big deal?  Would I have to switch all my scripts to perl?

The "Windows" version of GRASS uses Cygwin, which supports all of the
standard Unix tools.

However, I would recommend using the separate Linux box, unless
performance is critical. The Cygwin port is fairly recent, and hasn't
had a great deal of testing.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn.clements at virgin.net>