Astrolinux

[Sophie]

Hi, everyone!
How's it going?

Alright, so this is a pretty vague question... Has anyone heard of a live boot CD called Astrolinux? Its supposed to have loads of cool astronomical analysis type programs on it. Most notably, Iraf and Midas.
Thing is, I want to get it, but I've only been able to find dodgy download sites so far. Nothing official, no option of purchase. I found one link that seemed semi decent, and tried that, but it turned out to be a disaster
After 30 odd hours of dial-up downloading, my server reconnected and cut off the download. Bummer!
I'm planning to try it on a broad-band machine in an internet cafe tomorrow, but wondering if its worth the pain...

If you ever used it or have any comments, feel free to share

Laters, guys!

[oz]

Not sure they'll work, but try these links:

http://hacobdd.bagn.obs-mip.fr/Astro-Linux/

http://www.obs-psr.com/astrolinux/as.../intro_en.html

...or you could download one of the torrents that are available. Just do a Google search for "astrolinux torrent".

[Sophie]

Thanks heaps, Ozar!

I did it this morning, from the French site. Everything went perfect, I can now run it and all. It's so cool! Really, it's worth the hour of broad band download and all the effort...
Thanks for answering- I appreciate it.

And all other astronomers out there: get Astrolinux- make life easy!