Is it possible to use Wolfram/Mathematica without being tied to ?
When they released the free-for-rPi version about a year ago, I d/l-ed it, and the monster consumed my monthly inet quota.
As I remember: every damned step you wanted to do in the tutorials tied you to their server. Now that I've got a 16 GB SD, I thought I'd try it again. Here's my attempt-log:-----
-> ==> opens 3 windows:
- the commercial logo and blurb AS ALWAYS IN YO FACE!!
- a
- Editor/Control-like window.
-> Help -> Demonstrations == wants to go on-line to HQ !!
...select == new-Window: "This is a placeholder ....." [close] ==> closes/loses the Editor/Control-like window, so that only the Try: restart and load another existing *.nb
-> Editor/Control-like window -> File-> Open == shows Dir == OK => select: GuidedExamples.nb == SAME shit !! == new-Window: "This is a placeholder ....." [close]
Since Xhalee wrote good reasons to use Mathematica, I decided to invest effort to learn to use it, but if other rPi users have found that this dependence on being on-line to HQ persists, I'll avoid the waste of effort.
==TIA.