Thanks for the rapid replies! It is great to hear (read) that the online site is designed to remain indefinitely. I think that is the way I will go with my students.
I did d/l the VMware version and, after much effort and troubleshooting and updating, got it to work. But that much 'trouble' is just not when dealing with high school kids and technology. Thanks again, Doc On Aug 9, 12:51 am, Minh Nguyen <nguyenmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Doc, > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 2:38 PM, docfleetwood<docfleetw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > <SNIP> > > > 4. There seem to be many sites with the online version. (sagenb.org, > > alpha.sagenb.org, and some others) Which is the best to use? > > Bothhttp://www.sagenb.comandhttp://www.sagenb.orgare meant to be > used on a regular basis because the version of Sage installed on those > sites is the stable version. In contrast, the sitehttp://alpha.sagenb.org/may > contain an unstable/development version > of Sage which is used for testing/development/debugging purposes. > > > I have tried to d/l Sage but we use Windows at school and it didn't go > > very smoothly on my laptop, to say the least. > > At the moment, the only way to use Sage under Windows is as a virtual > machine image using VMware. A native Windows port of Sage is underway. > See this site for more details: > > http://windows.sagemath.org > > To use Sage under Windows, you should follow the instructions at this site > > http://www.sagemath.org/download.html > > Anyway, please tell me if you have trouble with downloading/installing > Sage under Windows. > > > The online version > > seems ideal - just start the browser and go. > > The notebook interface is more or less identical for all operating > systems under which Sage runs. So if you use the notebook under > Windows, then it should be the same when you use it under Mac OS X or > Linux. > > -- > Regards > Minh Van Nguyen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to sage-support@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to sage-support-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support URLs: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
