[omnetpp] OMNeT++ on Windows or Linux

[Nauman Javed]

Hi everyone!

I've been using OMNeT++ 3.2 for a while now on my Linux-based PC. Now
I want to install OMNeT++ (possibly the newest version) on my laptop
that already runs on Windows XP Home Edition.

I want advice on which option is better for my laptop, 1) installing
OMNeT++ to run on Windows, OR 2) to install a Linux version (say
Ubuntu) on my laptop and install OMNeT++ to run on that Linux?

Please suggest considering all different kinds of issues with the
installation and ease (or lack thereof) of using OMNeT++ in both the
operating system environments (and possibly other important issues).

Thanks and regards!

Nauman Javed
PhD Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
U.S.A.

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[Alfonso Ariza]

In my opinion the election is Linux.
If you want to use the laptop for develop code other option is use vmware
with Linux.

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From: "Nauman Javed" <nja...@ecs.umass.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:09 PM
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Subject: [omnetpp] OMNeT++ on Windows or Linux

[Andras Varga]

For Windows users, there're interesting alternatives to VMWare or
VirtualBox: andLinux and Ulteo Desktop:
http://www.andlinux.org/
http://www.ulteo.com/home/en/virtualdesktop

They run a full Linux distro (andLinux is a modified Ubuntu) inside a user
process on Windows. I tried andLinux. Faster than the
VMWare/VirtualBox-style solutions, but not nearly as fast as native Linux.
Very convenient though: the andLinux instance can be kept running all the
time, it's lightweight and unintrusive (I can close all its windows, and it
consumes no CPU cycles and only about 20MB of memory when unused), and I can
reopen "the" andLinux console any moment to resume work where I left off
last time. GUI apps work via an X server that runs as a separate Windows
process.

Of course if you plan to use Linux heavily, a standalone installation is
still a lot better.

Andras

[Nauman Javed]

Thanks Andras, Fahd, and Alfonso, for all the good advice.

Andras, I am now planning to go with a full Linux installation, as
that seems to give more speed and development and debugging
flexibility. Is Ubuntu the best choice, or some other flavor of Linux?

Regards!

Nauman

[Alfonso Ariza]

Ubuntu is a good distribution I like it and I use it. But, what is it the
most common distribution in your university? You would choose it because you
will have more support.

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From: "Nauman Javed" <nja...@ecs.umass.edu>

Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 5:15 PM
To: <omne...@omnetpp.org>; "Andras Varga" <and...@omnetpp.org>

[J. Daniel Garcia]

I am not sure of the reason for discarding Win platforms.

I have developed a simulation framework last year and my approach was:
* Develop and debug on WinXP.
* Run long simulations in a Linux based cluster.

I never had any portability issue. For me, one key criteria for
selecting OMNeT++ was this portability. Of course you need to write only
ISO C++. But that should be the approach anyway.

Best regards!

Nauman Javed escribió:

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