How to get marginal effects with "mvrs"

I found this very helpful post by Ryan sometime ago about how to get marginal effect from estimated models with "mvrs" command, very helpful.

Stata 12

There are two things I like Stata 12 most: (1) automatic memory management, and (2) a decent program editor for Linux (I know the editor has been available on the Windows platform since version 11, but I am a Linux person). The updated "margin" commands also look good.

A few things to do after installing Linux Mint

To make Linux Mint more comfortable.

Dong MCMC using Rcpp

Here is an interesting example.

OpenGeoDa

The Linux version of the OpenGeoDa seems to be more stable than the Windows version: I was able to open some shape files with Chinese file names under Ubuntu Linux but not under Windows 7 (simply crashed).

Updated on August 18. 2011: 

Now the problem is that OpenGeoDa does not seem to run on Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit: no error messages and no hints, really weird...

Mint Linux Debian edition

It is highly regarded here, and may provide a way from Ubuntu to Debian.

Here is another positive review.

Gnome 3 looks nice

I tweaked my ubuntu 11.04 and replaced the default window manager with Gnome 3. It took a while to get used to it but eventually I like it a lot. I think part of the reason ubuntu is turning to unity instead of the old gnome2 is that the new gnome represents such a drastic shift away from the old gnome2, which is no longer under active development.

The overall experience is positive. I expect the next release will get rid of the few annoyance such as the lack of easy-to-use configuration tool to tweak things like screensaver, sound, etc.