Will you give free and open source scientific applications a chance?
My friend who works in a chemistry research lab once told me that she couldn’t install Linux because all the applications she needed for work run on Windows. While I don’t really want her to become inefficient in her work, I do wish that she’d get a chance to try and see for herself that there are other tools out there but I don’t really know what they are. This is primarily due to the ignorance with regards to the tasks that she and her co-workers have.
Thanks to the list of 42 of the best free Linux scientific software, my friend and even her colleagues can actually see for themselves if Linux and scientific work do mix. The applications are sorted according to field of study. My friend’s lucky, I guess, because chemistry has 7 applications on the list.
If you’re working in the various scientific fields, I’d encourage you to download and install these applications. You might find them useful. And even if you don’t, maybe you could send the specific development teams involved about your use cases and other concerns. Also, if you want your colleagues to try out these applications and they’re wary of installing Linux, they could probably check if there are Windows installers for these applications. I do recall seeing apps with installers for Windows and Mac. I’d love to hear from you too! If you wish to share your experience in using any/some of these applications and it’s long enough to post in a blog entry, please feel free to email it to me (clair DOT ching AT b5media DOT com) or send me the link if you have a blog, so I could trackback to it. :)
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