On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 06:11:31PM +0200, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Hi Lennart: > I forgot that what is found on supercomputers might result also from what > you say. > > I found it problematic to compile a code for molecular dynamics (MD) > inclusive of an elaborate plugin. Better, I succeeded when only the > simplest part of the plugin was implemented, getting a valid MD executable. > In contrast, implementing the whole plugin resulted in a MD executable that > fails to recognize the GTX-680cards of my machine. Calls to the forum for > both the MD code and the plugin had ho answer. Those of the MD code do not > like the plugin (as they have the simplest part of it already hard coded > their own way), while those of the plugin do not know that MD code, they > use another one. > > Then, I heard that at the supercomputer center of my country (where I > should run the project, but I need to go there with a system that "runs") > even GPU machines run that full plugin. Before asking them how they > succeeded, I was wondering about the different Linux OSs. I am now curious > about their answer, if any.
Really the only difference between distributions is their packaging system, their support infastructure, their release schedule/policy, and how up to date the software is and what software they offer packages for. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
