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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Mon Dec 14 2020 - 09:56:07 CST

Hi,
  They are "alpha" versions, which is to say, less finished and/or
less stable than "beta" versions. Since I had to compile these using
pre-release versions of FLTK and Tcl/Tk, to get updates and bug fixes
required for compatibility MacOS Big Sur and the new ARM64 hardware
even if VMD was stable, the underlying GUI toolkit codes used for
these builds are not yet at the same degree of stability and testing
as the rest of VMD is.

Best,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 10:37:03AM -0500, Pacci Evaristo, Felipe Fabricio wrote:
> Hi John,
> Wonderful! Thank you so much for doing that!
> Are the new macOS versions posted the final  ones or beta tests for now?
> Thanks,
> Felipe.
> On Mon, Dec 14, 2020 at 3:12 AM John Stone <[1]johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear VMD-L,
> Â I have just posted new test builds of VMD compiled with
> developmental FLTK cross-platform GUI libraries and Tcl/Tk
> versions that appear to run correctly on the latest
> MacOS Big Sur operating system.
>
> Beyond just the usual 64-bit build for Intel x86, I've
> also posted the first build of VMD that runs natively
> on the new Apple ARM-based "M1" Mac models:
> Â [2]https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
>
> Since both versions are compiled from literally the latest
> available developmental versions of FLTK, Tcl/Tk, there could
> be new bugs that didn't affect prior test builds.
>
> I expect to post a new 64-bit Windows build as soon as I
> complete building and testing a new Windows installer compilation.
>
> Best regards,
> Â John Stone
> Â [3]vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
>
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> References
>
> Visible links
> 1. mailto:johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 2. https://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/alpha/
> 3. mailto:vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> 4. https://www.google.com/maps/search/405+N.+Mathews+Ave,+Urbana,+IL+61801?entry=gmail&source=g
> 5. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/~johns/
> 6. http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/
> 7. mailto:felipepacci_at_gmail.com 

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