| Scientific Linux revs up for lab work |
May 11, 2006
Developer/maintainer Connie Sieh announced the release of Scientific Linux 4.3 for both the i386 and x86_64 architectures May 10, featuring a 2.6.9 kernel and the GNOME desktop environment. Scientific Linux is a Switzerland-based, recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux put together by various labs and universities around the world that debuted in April 2005.
This is the third update to the distribution, which is built from source packages for Red Hat and enhanced with extra applications and features, Sieh said.
Some of the new enhancements, according to the project team, include: - APT
- Global File System packages and its dependencies
- IceWM 1.2.20
- ksh
- MP3 support in multimedia software
- Ndiswrapper 1.5
- OpenAFS
- Performance Co-Pilot
Scientific Linux (SL) was developed by Fermilab, CERN, and various other labs and universities around the world, the project said. Its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs and to have a common install base for the various experimenters.
The base SL distribution is basically Red Hat Enterprise Linux, recompiled from source. Its main goal is to have everything compatible with Enterprise, with only a few minor additions or changes, the project said. Examples of items that were added are Pine and OpenAFS.
SL's secondary goal is to allow easy customization for a site without disturbing the Scientific Linux base. Various labs are able to add their own modifications to their own site areas.
For more details, read the complete release notes for i386 and x86_64 processors.
The 4-CD set of Scientific Linux 4.3 can be downloaded either from the project's FTP server or several mirrors worldwide. Earlier versions can be obtained at the project's main download site.
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