I didn't think I'd be asking about Linux, but people here are beginning to get to grips with Scientific Linux, which appears to emanate from CERN, Fermilab and other such places - our close collaborators on Particle Physics. As I understand it this is a repackaged Red Hat Enterprise (but don't jump down my throat if I'm wrong on that). Does anyone in the AG community (ANL perhaps) know about Scientific Linux and/or have information about complete or imminent ports of AG to it - or even whether it is appropriate?
Cheers Chris ____________________________________________________________________ Chris Osland Office tel: +44 (0) 1235 446565 Digital Media and Access Grid Medialab tel: +44 (0) 1235 446459 BIT Department Access Grid room tel: +44 (0) 1235 445666 e-mail: c.d.osl...@rl.ac.uk Fax: +44 (0) 1235 445597 CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (Bldg. R18) Chilton, DIDCOT, Oxon OX11 0QX, UK [The contents of this email are confidential and are for the use of the intended recipient only. If you are not the intended recipient do not take any action on it or show it to anyone else, but return this email to the sender and delete your copy of it.] > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov [mailto:owner-ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov]On > Behalf Of Gavin W. Burris aka 86 > Sent: 18 October 2004 14:50 > To: Steve Smith > Cc: Monika Rabarison; ag-t...@mcs.anl.gov > Subject: Re: [AG-TECH] Gentoo or Fedora > > > I second the suggestion for Debian. I just reinstalled my room based > node with my audio and video machines with Debian. Please feel free > to send me questions. > > I recommend you use the pre-rc2 netinst CD image: > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sid_d-i/i386/pre -rc2/sarge-i386-netinst.iso Cheers. Steve Smith wrote (on Sat, 16 Oct 2004 at 15:32): > Monika Rabarison wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Thinking about upgrading the "good old" Linux capture boxes to 2.3, > > what would you guys suggest Gentoo or Fedora? Any pros and cons? > > Another option is Debian (AG packages available at > http://www.vislab.usyd.edu.au/debian). The main pros are those of > Debian: ease of upgrade (no need to do re-installs), good security > support, large number of supported packages. The main con has > traditionally been the difficulty of installation (this is much better > with the recent beta installers). Also, the next stable release isn't > actually out yet, although it should be soon. > > There are also packages available for Slackware, which has good support > and a shorter release cycle if you prefer that. > > Cheers, > Steve > -- Gavin W. Burris aka 86 Senior Systems Programmer Penn State Visualization Group http://viz.aset.psu.edu/ga5in
