[Radiance-general] Re: trans dashboard widget

[Terrance Mc Minn]

Hi Andy,

It is very easy to throw Linux on a Mac if you have vmfusion 
(www.vmware.com) or parallels 
(http://www.parallels.com/products/desktop/). From my own usage of 
vmfusion, all you need to do is download the latest Ubuntu or Kubuntu 
livecd (www.ubuntu.net - gnome desktop version or www.kubuntu.net for 
the kde desktop version). Create a new virtual appliance, and set the cd 
to point to the iso download. No need to allocate any virtual disks - 
set memory to 1024 or better and go. (Best to have 2GB of memory or 
better in the host computer or it will be very slow.)

Once running, go to the software download area and download/install 
radiance from the repository or from the terminal use 'sudo apt-get 
install radiance radiance-doc radiance-materials' to download and 
install radiance.

Alternative images with radiance pre-installed can be found at 
http://luminance.londonmet.ac.uk/ Learnix for Axel Jacob's version or my 
own under the Curtin link - many thanks to Axel for hosting this for me.

By the way vmplayer - a free download for Linux and Windows, allows 
Linux and Windows to run/create virtual appliances. This is how we teach 
Radiance at Curtin on PC's running Windows XP/Pro.

*Terrance Mc Minn
**Lecturer
*School of Built Environment
Curtin University of Technology
Phone: +618 9266 7175
Fax: +618 9266 2711

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