IMHO, it is also important to test specific flavors of linux (eg, debian, redhat, freeBSD) and windows types (windows XP, vista). Laptops could probably be used for this.
On 12/12/06, William Stein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > If you would like, you could help me make a precise list of SAGE > development machines that I should buy, by editing this wiki > page (or emailing me): > > http://sage.math.washington.edu:9001/hardware > > All SAGE developers would have accounts on all these machines, > and they would be used for: > > (1) building binaries > > (2) benchmarking algorithms and code > > These would be _dedicated_ to SAGE work, so you don't have to worry about > slowing > them down while somebody checks their email on them or something. It is, > however, > important that each machine is relatively small and quiet, since they will > likely > all be in my office (at least for a while). > > I finally got my NSF grant transfered from UCSD, and have to make up a > revised > budget, so need to make a pretty precise list of hardware to purchase. > I'll > likely make the actual purchases in early January. > > Anyway, this is your chance to make it so the hardware you've wanted to > various SAGE-devel work is easily available to you all the time. > > William > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URLs: http://sage.scipy.org/sage/ and http://modular.math.washington.edu/sage/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
