| Scientific Linux rolls out v5.0 live DVD |
May 08, 2007
Scientific Linux, a project based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 source packages enhanced with a variety of additional applications, released its v5.0 i386 live DVD on May 7. The SL5 live DVD features a 2.6.18 kernel, includes all client/workstation RPMs, and uses GNOME as its default desktop.
Some of the newly added applications, according to the team, include: - CFITSIO -- a library of C and FORTRAN subroutines for reading and writing data files in FITS
- FUSE -- an implementation of a fully functional file system in a userspace program
- Graphviz -- graph visualization tools
- IceWM -- a lightweight window manager
- Intel wireless firmware, MadWiFi, and NdisWrapper
- Java
- MP3 support
- OpenAFS
- R -- a language and environment for statistical computing and graphics
Key standard features in this release, according to the team, include:- Optional KDE 3.5.4 desktop
- GIMP 2.2.13 graphics editor
- Evolution 2.8.0 information manager
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 office suite
- Firefox 1.5.0.10 browser
The U.S.- and Swiss-based Scientific Linux project was developed by Fermilab, CERN, and various other labs and universities around the world. Its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs and to have a common install base for the various experimenters, the project said.
The base SL distribution is essentially Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), recompiled from source. The project's main goal is to have everything compatible with RHEL, with only a few minor additions or changes.
You can download Scientific Linux from the project's mirrors listed here. A direct download of the live DVD image (3.8 GB) is available here (direct link to iso).
You may view some screenshots, courtesy of The Coding Studio, here.
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