On Wed, 5 Dec 2001, Josef Dalcolmo wrote: >> by and large the more powerful apps of this nature run on UNIX and >> Linux. >Would you mind mentioning which EDA programs for Linux you mean?
I believe that the original writer means that the traditional OS for running EDA applications is Unix, and many better programs simply aren't even available for windows. I think Cadence's SPW is an example (not sure though). Unfortunately, this doesn't mean that the applications are actually available for Linux, usually only for HP-UX and Solaris. But the good thing is that porting to Linux should be much easier than Windows so it looks likely that Linux ports might be available sooner or later.
