vulcan wrote:
>
> Hi Gang,
> one reason i am stuck with win95 is that astronomy (not LOGY) is my
> hobby and i keep on staring at sky, stars, planets several a nights with
> my 8x35 binocular. I can identify dozens of constellations, hundreds of
> stars, 5 naked eye planets, and, of course, the Moon and the Sun. :-)
>
> to help in that, i have got planetarium softwares CYBERSKY, MY_SKY,
> PLANET_WATCH, which emulate on the computer screen how the sky looks at
> any selected moment from any selected place, and the relative positions
> of these heavenly bodies. These are windows version.
>
> please suggest whether such softwares are available for Linux, and
> wherefrom i can download them, free/ eval. Also give your
> recommendations of the software you have used.
Best place to search for Linux softwares -
rpmfind.net
freshmeat.net
linuxburg.com (twocows network)
AFAIK there exist good s/w for amature and profetional
astronomers on Linux.
>
> i am also processing SETI@Home packets in win95 (done 50 packets,
> clocked 700 cpu hours). I tried to download Linux version but got
> confused as the server does not list my celeron400, it lists 386, 486,
> Px. what should i opt for?
>
the right client for pentium class m/c is
setiathome-2.4.i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1.tar
at least it works on my Cyrix 233.
I have completed then 80 units in 2000 odd hrs.
> Any amateur astronomer in the list? please write to me if you like to
> share the views. i am also a member of MLs shallow-sky and ASTRO-L.
I am but not active currently.
HTH
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