Package: sgpemv2 Version: 0.9b Section: misc Source: http://www.smoking-gnu.net/res/tar-pit/sgpemv2/sgpemv2-0.9b.tar.bz2 Priority: optional Architecture: i386 Pre-Depends: libstdc++6 Depends: libgtkmm-2.4-1c2a, libglademm-2.4-1c2a, libxml2 (>= 2.6.10), libcairo, python (>= 2.3) Installed-Size: 3049.85 Maintainer: Marco Trevisan Provides: sgpemv2 Description: A graphical process management simulator for a multitasking computer, developed with educational aims for Operating Systems courses at universities . SGPEM is an Italian acronym, standing for "Simulatore della Gestione dei Processi in un Elaboratore Multiprogrammato" (in English, "Process Management Simulator for a Multitasking Computer"). It was initially developed for use inside the "Operating Systems" teaching, part of the Computer Science course of the University of Padova, Italy. The aim of SGPEM is to provide an easy-to-use environment for simulating process scheduling policies, and for assigning resources in a multitasking computer. SGPEMv2 is an educational software, and it can help students to better understand the functionality of operating systems.