NEWS: CAELinux Beta 2 & Download Mirror

CAELinux Beta 2

Due to the version updates of PcLinuxOs (->.92), Code-Aster (->v8.2) and Salomé (->v2.2.8), we have been very busy preparing the new Beta 2 during the last month. But finally, most of the work is done

Now the pre Beta 2 version is working nearly perfectly and we are adding new packages and testing the distribution and softwares.
At the moment, the following softwares have been successfully integrated:
- Salomé v2.2.8 (Pre-post)
- Code-Aster v8.2 (FEA)
- Calculix 1.5 (pre-post + FEA)
- Elmer (pre-post + multiphysics FEA)
- GetDP (generic PDE solver)
- MbDyn 1.6 (multibody dynamics)
- openOffice.org v2, Scilab, Octave etc....

We expect to add some of the following packages before release depending on the compile/install issues we encounter:
- openFOAM + Paraview
- openModelica
- octaveForge + VIZ + VTK
- SciPy + wxGTK + BOA (python dev.)
- Gerris Flow Solver (GFS)
- MayaVI

New Download Mirror

Another excellent news: Mike Sarahan has kindly offered us a \"Christmas Gift\": a wonderfull download mirror with up to 600 Gb/month bandwidth. So from now you can download the ISO image directly from the Web without the need of BitTorrent!!

So a GREAT THANK YOU to Mike for his help!!

To download the ISO, please follow the \"Download Now\" link in the main menu and please fill in the download form as it really help us to know your needs / interests for the future.

VMWare virtual machine

For those who could be interested in running CAELinux directly in Windows, we are developping a VMWare Virtual Machine image that can be launched directly in the free VMWare Player environment in MS Windows (or even Unix). For the moment, we don't plan to release it due to its size (approx 2.5Gb) but stay tuned and please tell us in you are interested in such a solution.

Hi, I would like to thank you for the excellent job.

I would be interested in the VMware version. While the Linux version works fine for me, it would be easier to diffuse and share Salome+Aster in a Windows environment.

Another note: I saw in a salome forum there is a compatibility problem between aster 8.2 med version and solme's.

Massimo

That's very good news! I'm looking forward to the new release very much.

It's nice job!

For my is verry interesting VMWare virtual machine,
because I am not expert of linux, but I want to use Code_Aster and Salome in Windows.

Please consider I'll be able to keep my torrent(s) on. Having an ADSL it won't help much, but I'll try to offer it 24/7... more or less..

Massimo

Hello !
that's a very good news !
Do you know when the new Beta 2 (combinaison Aster8.2 - Samolé 2.2.8) will be available !

Thanks for your great job !

Yann