Thank you guys for the feedback.
Shining Arcanine: I have to admit that the softwares I run are proprietary ones. You know that writing FEA and CFD codes are rather complicated. (Though I have to mention that the capabilities of OpenFOAM are remarkable.)
I even feel fortunate because there are linux versions for these (e.g.: ANSYS) unlike CAD applications (there are no more PRO/E or CATIA support for *nix).
Point is that I want to use my system without bothering much with upgrades, dependencies, etc. So Ubuntu is good for me because generally it is stable, gives me more freedom than a certain other OS and most importantly causes less pain.
The problem for/with the above mentioned programs is the lack of list of dependencies. Even if they say that Ubuntu is supported I often end up manually installing a few libraries. There should be a standard set of libraries which are included in every flavour of distros.
Shining Arcanine: I have to admit that the softwares I run are proprietary ones. You know that writing FEA and CFD codes are rather complicated. (Though I have to mention that the capabilities of OpenFOAM are remarkable.)
I even feel fortunate because there are linux versions for these (e.g.: ANSYS) unlike CAD applications (there are no more PRO/E or CATIA support for *nix).
Point is that I want to use my system without bothering much with upgrades, dependencies, etc. So Ubuntu is good for me because generally it is stable, gives me more freedom than a certain other OS and most importantly causes less pain.
The problem for/with the above mentioned programs is the lack of list of dependencies. Even if they say that Ubuntu is supported I often end up manually installing a few libraries. There should be a standard set of libraries which are included in every flavour of distros.
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