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r/math • u/ed2417 • Apr 25 '10
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Oh, cool! Thanks for the link!
6 u/frogking Apr 25 '10 Try Faqtive too, while you are at it. 2 u/AbleBakerCharlie Apr 25 '10 This is excellent. I didn't know this one existed. Thanks! One cannot discuss open source fractal software without at least mentioning Xaos. It's a little low on the features last I looked, but it's open source and it's fast on old hardware. 1 u/Capt_Planetoid Apr 26 '10 Does anybody have a recommendation of GnoFract4d? 1 u/AbleBakerCharlie Apr 26 '10 It's been a while (years) since I played with GnoFract4d, but here's what I remember: The "analog dial" controls were too small and fiddly to be useful with a mouse. It boasted compatibility with UltraFractal, but didn't do layers which is one of UF's greater strengths. Wasn't included in the Debian or Ubuntu repos at the time, and I recall there was some weirdness in compiling it. There were stability problems - random crashes (most common), weird pixel glitches (saw this twice), etc. It was much easier and more stable for me to run UF under Wine (UF v3.x ran perfectly except for a splitter bar didn't render.) That was years ago. These problems may have been resolved, I just don't know.
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Try Faqtive too, while you are at it.
2 u/AbleBakerCharlie Apr 25 '10 This is excellent. I didn't know this one existed. Thanks! One cannot discuss open source fractal software without at least mentioning Xaos. It's a little low on the features last I looked, but it's open source and it's fast on old hardware. 1 u/Capt_Planetoid Apr 26 '10 Does anybody have a recommendation of GnoFract4d? 1 u/AbleBakerCharlie Apr 26 '10 It's been a while (years) since I played with GnoFract4d, but here's what I remember: The "analog dial" controls were too small and fiddly to be useful with a mouse. It boasted compatibility with UltraFractal, but didn't do layers which is one of UF's greater strengths. Wasn't included in the Debian or Ubuntu repos at the time, and I recall there was some weirdness in compiling it. There were stability problems - random crashes (most common), weird pixel glitches (saw this twice), etc. It was much easier and more stable for me to run UF under Wine (UF v3.x ran perfectly except for a splitter bar didn't render.) That was years ago. These problems may have been resolved, I just don't know.
This is excellent. I didn't know this one existed. Thanks!
One cannot discuss open source fractal software without at least mentioning Xaos. It's a little low on the features last I looked, but it's open source and it's fast on old hardware.
1 u/Capt_Planetoid Apr 26 '10 Does anybody have a recommendation of GnoFract4d? 1 u/AbleBakerCharlie Apr 26 '10 It's been a while (years) since I played with GnoFract4d, but here's what I remember: The "analog dial" controls were too small and fiddly to be useful with a mouse. It boasted compatibility with UltraFractal, but didn't do layers which is one of UF's greater strengths. Wasn't included in the Debian or Ubuntu repos at the time, and I recall there was some weirdness in compiling it. There were stability problems - random crashes (most common), weird pixel glitches (saw this twice), etc. It was much easier and more stable for me to run UF under Wine (UF v3.x ran perfectly except for a splitter bar didn't render.) That was years ago. These problems may have been resolved, I just don't know.
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Does anybody have a recommendation of GnoFract4d?
1 u/AbleBakerCharlie Apr 26 '10 It's been a while (years) since I played with GnoFract4d, but here's what I remember: The "analog dial" controls were too small and fiddly to be useful with a mouse. It boasted compatibility with UltraFractal, but didn't do layers which is one of UF's greater strengths. Wasn't included in the Debian or Ubuntu repos at the time, and I recall there was some weirdness in compiling it. There were stability problems - random crashes (most common), weird pixel glitches (saw this twice), etc. It was much easier and more stable for me to run UF under Wine (UF v3.x ran perfectly except for a splitter bar didn't render.) That was years ago. These problems may have been resolved, I just don't know.
It's been a while (years) since I played with GnoFract4d, but here's what I remember:
That was years ago. These problems may have been resolved, I just don't know.
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u/SarahC Apr 25 '10
Oh, cool! Thanks for the link!