From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Marco Subject: Re: General advice beyond Org Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2018 10:58:56 +0200 Message-ID: References: <7dc580d0ea76c21328dc586ffadb5499@openmail.cc> <6e1d6252-f534-743b-61ac-d743b9629d05@hyperbola.info> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56609) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUI4-0005TH-Gc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 04:59:37 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUI3-0004GH-EB for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 04:59:36 -0400 Received: from mail-wm0-x230.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c09::230]:36421) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fQUI3-0004Fr-6e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 04:59:35 -0400 Received: by mail-wm0-x230.google.com with SMTP id v131-v6so10396273wma.1 for ; Wed, 06 Jun 2018 01:59:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <6e1d6252-f534-743b-61ac-d743b9629d05@hyperbola.info> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Emacs-orgmode" To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Hey fellow orgers, I started as post-doc almost 10 years ago, I made a point in having linux on my desktop and only use software I see fit - and know - such R, and LaTeX to write papers. The occasional word/excel document I opened with libreoffice/wps office or more frequently remotely on a windows server / on a virtualbox, same with the occasional windows-only piece of software I needed to use. After 8-9 years of mockery, my whole departement is now switching to LiNuX/LaTeX/python/R/jupyter, with the exception of a few specialized softwares which are windows-only and will run on selected machines/servers. Point is, also the secretary has to migrate, she was the greatest advocate against the change. No luck yet with emacs + org with my colleagues, but hey, one step at a time ;) If your research and daily work involves programming/modelling I actually don't see any point in staying on windows. Unices have LOTS of advantages. The best general-purpose research tools nowadays are free/libre software (since 3D FEM was named: openfoam, moose, opencascade/salome, code_aster just to name a few... ), that is, if you are developing something and not just running models, their steep learning curve pays off immediately. If it's just a matter of running specific models maybe there are other specialized softwares which may be more efficient (e.g., avizo for 3D microtomography, eclipse / petrel for geological modelling and reservoir engineering). In the realm of statistics/machine learning/AI it's all linux-based free software (think about keras + tensorflow with R and Python, but loads and loads of other similar stuff out there). So in my opinion in a research environment there are 2 kinds of activities: computational/programming stuff, where unix and free software have a clear advantage both on desktops and of course on HPC (of course it depends how it looks like in your domain AND in your research group), and on the other side wiriting documents and interacting with others (reports, proposals, data exchange, papers). You should have 100% control of the first category, but still have to factor in cooperation with colleagues (i.e.: if everyoen is working on matlab and you are supposed to extend and re-use their developments... probably you should too. At least try sci-lab and octave); but you can definitely compromise on the second. Cheers and good luck, domanov