Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
:   What benefit, if any, is there to running Pov under unix or one of it's
: incarnations ?

  Unix is better than windows as an _operating system_ (which doesn't mean
it's a better GUI). That is, it's more stable, it manages memory and
swap better, it manages processes and threads better, etc. It may run
povray faster, but the main advantage is that if you have to do other
things at the same time (like running a server), they will run much more
smoothly.

:   What drawbacks are there, if any, to running Pov under unix or one of it's
incarnations ?

  You have to learn how to use unix, and that's a lot more difficult than
learning to use windows (even if you are going to use only a window
manager). There's also a lack of win95-only utility programs (well,
they might work in a windows emulator...).

-- 
main(i,_){for(_?--i,main(i+2,"FhhQHFIJD|FQTITFN]zRFHhhTBFHhhTBFysdB"[i]
):5;i&&_>1;printf("%s",_-70?_&1?"[]":" ":(_=0,"\n")),_/=2);} /*- Warp -*/

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