Sage VirtualBox Distribution This is Sage (see http://www.sagemath.org) distributed as a compressed VirtualBox appliance. It requires 2GB of free disk space and 1GB RAM to install and run. INSTALLATION: 1. Install the free open source program VirtualBox (70MB) for your operating system (Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, or x86 Solaris): http://www.virtualbox.org/ 2. In VirtualBox, click File --> Import Appliance, and select the file "sage.ovf", which is in the same directory as README.txt. 3. Click "Next", then "Import", and wait about two minutes. 4. From within VirtualBox, start the new virtual machine "Sage VirtualBox Appliance", then open your web browser in Microsoft Windows (or OS X, etc.) to the address that is displayed. YOUR WORKSHEETS: All of your worksheets are stored in the virtual machine. To download them all to a file download_worksheets.zip, click the link "Download All Active" from the list of Sage worksheets. The file download_worksheets.zip contains all of your worksheets. You can upload that zip file into another copy of Sage to open *all* of your worksheets. DEVELOPMENT: You can modify the copy of Sage included in this virtual machine. Also, GCC is included, so you can compile code, etc. SUPPORT: Join http://groups.google.com/group/sage-support or get free live help at http://www.sagemath.org/help-irc.html