[clug] F/OSS Alternatives
Francis Whittle
fj.whittle at gmail.com
Fri Jun 27 07:59:04 GMT 2008
I've used GNU Octave for the sort of thing you can use matlab for, which
it *mostly* covers (but not entirely). Another one to look into for
mathematics is GNU R, which is really more a programming language for
mathematics.
For SPICE type stuff, you should probably start with the gEDA project,
http://www.geda.seul.org/
For RPN calculators you can't go past Galculator
http://galculator.sourceforge.net/
Cheers,
Francis
On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 00:33 +1000, Ben Chaplin wrote:
> Since the OS X thread got derailed into a "proprietary software is
> evil" thread (as is only right on a LUG mailing list!), I've been
> thinking about what my linux experience lacks.
>
> I would like F/OSS alternatives to the following:
> * PSPICE (electronics analysis)
> * Maple (Maths)
> * Matlab (Maths)
>
> Maple and Matlab aren't all that important but I'd love an alternative
> to PSPICE.
>
> Also, can anyone recommend a nice RPN calculator? There are times
> when I find dc a little bit frustrating, so something with buttons
> that I can click would be nice. I feel so dirty asking for graphical
> software when there's a perfectly good command line program, but oh
> well.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben
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