Depends on what you want to do. I only use 3.5 for my own projects and 3.1g
for a POV-Ray render farm if they have something to render.
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Jonathan Kelly <jon### [at] suninkcom> wrote:
> Hi,>> I'm just about to dive into Povray. Should I start with 3.1g or 3.5?>> And is there a Linux 3.5 available (or source).
for linux I would suggest 3.1 for now (or megapov), not because there is
anything wrong with linux 3.5, its just that there is sometimes a gap
between 3.5 betas leaving you without a working copy
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From: Thorsten Froehlich
Subject: Re: 3.1g or 3.5
Date: 22 Jun 2002 09:15:16
Message: <3d147864@news.povray.org>
In article <200### [at] suninkcom> , Jonathan Kelly
<jon### [at] suninkcom> wrote:
> 'm just about to dive into Povray. Should I start with 3.1g or 3.5?
You should start with the most recent final release version which is 3.1g.
It is never a good idea to start with beta version of any program as it
would be impossible to tell for you as new user if something is your own
mistake or a bug. Consequently, it would be very frustrating to use the
beta version.
Thorsten
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Of course if you learn 3.1g, then you will have many things to relearn with
3.5! I personally have found the beta (late in development) to be very
stable for nearly all of what I need to do (others could certainly
disagree).
D.
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> In article <200### [at] suninkcom> , Jonathan Kelly> <jon### [at] suninkcom> wrote:>> > 'm just about to dive into Povray. Should I start with 3.1g or 3.5?>> You should start with the most recent final release version which is 3.1g.> It is never a good idea to start with beta version of any program as it> would be impossible to tell for you as new user if something is your own> mistake or a bug. Consequently, it would be very frustrating to use the> beta version.>> Thorsten>> ____________________________________________________> Thorsten Froehlich> e-mail: mac### [at] povrayorg>> I am a member of the POV-Ray Team.> Visit POV-Ray on the web: http://mac.povray.org
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