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Message-ID: <address@hidden> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:20:33 -0400 From: David E. Miller <address@hidden> Reply-To: address@hidden User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130307 Thunderbird/17.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: address@hidden Subject: MathBox - A GNU Linux VirtualBox Virtual Guest Appliance (aka "a virtual machine") Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

All developers:

I have configured an Oracle VM VirtualBox guest using the GNU/Linux 
distribution Lubuntu. This guest VM will run on MS Windows, OS X, 
supported Linux distributions, Solaris, et al. It is also compatible 
with the VMware player since the it uses VMDK as the disk format.

This VM features TeXmacs along with other core mathematics software. It 
was created as a consequence of the frustrations involved with 
compatibility issues involved with using TeXmacs on these different 
operating systems. The MathBox VM is a complete GNU Linux distribution 
that may be configured after installation as desired for individual 
circumstances. It is based on Ubuntu and Debian so users have access to 
the power of all tools available to these systems as packages.

There is no cost for this VM. It is offered for use as a public service. 
It requires about 20 minutes or less to install not including download 
time which obviously will vary according to individual circumstances. It 
requires users to install Oracle VM VirtualBox host software 
(recommended) or a VMware player (not used by author, but should work). 
The VirtualBox extension pack is also recommended. The MathBox VM is an 
OVA format that is merely imported using the Oracle VM Host manager 
software. An included INSTALL file contains complete installation 
instructions.

For those with an interest in this MathBox VM please reply to this 
message and I will send instructions for downloading the VM.

Best wishes.

David E. Miller