| Scientific Linux releases Live CD 5.0 |
May 30, 2007
The Scientific Linux team last weekend released its Live CD 5.0 for i386 and x86_64 architectures, following on the heels of its Live DVD 5.0 release earlier this month. As is expected from a live CD, Scientific Live CD 5.0 boots and runs the distribution directly from the CD, according to spokesman Urs Beyerle.
Scientific Linux is a project based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 source packages enhanced with a variety of additional applications. Live CD 5.0 features a 2.6.18 kernel, includes all client/workstation RPMs, and uses GNOME as its default desktop.
A key new feature of the Live CD 5.0 is that it can be installed to local hard disk, if desired, Beyerle said.
Major software updates compared to Scientific Linux 4 Live CD, according to the team, are: - 2.6.18 Linux kernel
- OpenAFS client 1.4.4
- X.Org 7.1 window manager
- 3D desktop with Compiz and AIGLX
- GNOME 2.16.0 desktop
- OpenOffice.org 2.0.4 office suite
- Firefox 1.5 browser
Scientific Linux 5.0 Live CD also can be installed on a USB key and can be mounted over NFS (as a diskless client), Beyerle said.
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 aims 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 CD image (693 MB) for x86 machines is available here (direct link to iso), and the 696 MB iso image for 64-bit machines is here (direct link to iso).
You may view some screenshots, courtesy of The Coding Studio, here.
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