differences for PR #242

Author: actions-user

md5sum.txt

@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@
 "instructors/prereqs.md" "23b74549b6aafaefff36a4b07472b4f9" "site/built/prereqs.md" "2023-05-15"
 "learners/discuss.md" "2758e2e5abd231d82d25c6453d8abbc6" "site/built/discuss.md" "2023-05-15"
 "learners/reference.md" "71e85f5a0a8e3557a56c931138742265" "site/built/reference.md" "2023-05-15"
-"learners/setup.md" "ffba26b9065b98c7737604ae264a18b4" "site/built/setup.md" "2024-03-08"
+"learners/setup.md" "616dca81e05236a34e98a105953d86f5" "site/built/setup.md" "2025-04-01"
 "profiles/learner-profiles.md" "60b93493cf1da06dfd63255d73854461" "site/built/learner-profiles.md" "2023-05-15"

setup.md

@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@ You will need to install Python, Jupyter, and some additional libraries.
 [Python](https://python.org) is a popular language for
 scientific computing, and great for general-purpose programming as
 well. For this workshop we use Python version 3.x.
-Installing all of its scientific packages individually can be
-a bit difficult, so we recommend an all-in-one installer.
-We will use Anaconda.
+Installing all of its scientific packages individually can be a bit difficult, so we provide an environment file to help you take care of them all together.
+We will use the _Miniforge_ distribution of Python.
 
-### Anaconda
+### Python
 
-Download and install [Anaconda](https://www.anaconda.com/download).
+Download and install [MiniForge](https://conda-forge.org/download/).
 
 To create a new Conda environment, which includes the additional packages we will be using
 in this workshop, you will need the environment file (`environment.yml`) you downloaded in the data section.
@@ -58,7 +57,7 @@ conda activate AstronomicalData
 
 We will test our environment setup using a test notebook (`test_setup.ipynb`) that you downloaded in the data section.
 
-In a Terminal, Jupyter Prompt or Anaconda Prompt, make sure you are in the `student_download` directory.
+In a Terminal, Jupyter Prompt or MiniForge Prompt, make sure you are in the `student_download` directory.
 To start Jupyter, make sure you have activated your new conda environment, then run:
 
 ```
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ If they work and you get no error messages, **you are ready for the workshop**.
 ## Why didn't the imports work?
 
 Occasionally learners will need to take one additional step to make Jupyter run within the environment we have created.
-If your imports fail, close Jupyter by closing its terminal, and try running the following from your Anaconda prompt (
+If your imports fail, close Jupyter by closing its terminal, and try running the following from your MiniForge Prompt (
 Terminal or otherwise):
 
 ```