On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 09:31:52 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> The TAG and The POV-Team are trying to get a better picture of how many
> people here use POV-Ray on a Linux/Unix based machine. If you do have it
> installed please respond to this message telling us on what version of
> Linux/Unix, how long you have been using it and what version of POV-Ray
> you are currently running. This information will be used to help better
> support this platform.

RedHat Linux (/etc/redhat-release reads 5.0 but it's really with latest
stuff, glibc-2.3.2 etc :) ), kernel 2.4.20aa1, used Linux since 1994.
Heavily patched Povray 3.5. 

> Thanks for your help,

-- 
Safari - y7p### [at] sneakemailcom
"Talk is cheap. Show me the code." - Linus Torvalds

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On Sat, 12 Apr 2003 09:31:52 -0700, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> wrote:
> Linux/Unix based machine

not exactly but...

> what version of Linux/Unix

well...  DJGPP 2.03 under DOS and MinGW 2.0.0-3 in console box under Windows
since they are fastest free command line solutions for WinDOS, They are rather
environment extensions/shells than Linux/Unix but use mostly the same tools and
accepts makefiles and scripts dedicated for Unix/Linux.

> how long you have been using

do not remember... perhaps started about 4-5 years ago

> what version of POV-Ray you are currently running.

always newest possible + MegaPOV

ABX

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currently: Mandrake 9.1 & POV-Ray 3.5.

Started with slackware, from 3.5 i think, up to 8.0, get fed up with kernel
compilation and switch to Mandrake. Using povray on linux since version 3.0,
more or less

etienne

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I never used a non-unix version.
I started with 3.0 or 3.1, can't remember exactly. That was in 2000 or 2001.
I now use 3.5 on several linux'es: an old SUSE, an old RedHat and a
recent Debian. The original 3.0 or 3.1 was included with the old SUSE, but
since then I always installed and sometimes compiled by hand. Parallel to
the official 3.5 I use a patched 3.5 on one machine (own unworthy patch).


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i=i+.1;sphere{<i*(i*i*(.05-i*i*(4e-7*i*i+3e-4))-3)10*sin(i)30>.5}#end
pigment{rgbt 1}interior{media{emission x}}hollow}//  Mark Weyer

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currently: Slackware 8.1 or Redhat 7.3 & POV-Ray 3.5.

Gomes Luis
http://www.lightning-generator.fr.st

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Thanks for making this survey !


	Installing/using:

* Always compiled/installed from source only, as non-root user.
* Starting from version 3.0 as of mid 1996, when I first got full access to
   the internet  :-)


	POV versions currently in use:

* 3.1g and various patches (e.g. MegaPOV 0.7)
* 3.5c

	Architectures:

* Linux (many kernels/distros) since 1998
* SGI (IRIX 5.x and 6.x) since 1996
* DEC/Compaq Alpha (Digital UNIX only) from 1996 to 2001
* Once I managed to compile (but not use !) POV on an old SUN and on one
   Evans & Sutherland relic  :-)

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Debian 3.0r1, kernel 2.4.20, POV-Ray 3.5 (built from source), 4-5
years (since Slackware 3.0 I think)

P.S. We might want to get in touch with the Debian POV-Ray package
supporters, as a) they put it in the non-free category, and b) IIRC
they offer the documentation separately.


Peter Popov ICQ : 15002700
Personal e-mail : pet### [at] vipbg
TAG      e-mail : pet### [at] tagpovrayorg

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slackware 9.0
kernel 2.4.20
POV-Ray 3.5 (from source)
1.5 years


David Gemelli

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I use povray 3.5 on a RedHat 7.3 for some huge rendring. It is slightly
faster than under windows

ZeSly

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On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 15:08:37 +0200, "ZeSly" <zes### [at] wanadoofr> wrote:
> I use povray 3.5 on a RedHat 7.3 for some huge rendring. It is slightly
> faster than under windows

slightly faster ? official binaries ? on the same machine ? measured with
official benchmark ?

ABX

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