On 03/05/2011 05:34 PM, Juergen Salk wrote: > * Juergen Salk <[email protected]> [110305 15:46]: > >>> That they have Scientific Linux and are Open Source already >>> is per se already quite remarkable. > >> [...] The main goal of Scientific Linux is *not* to be as >> scientific as possible, e.g. in terms of the number of >> scientific software packages included in the distribution. (As >> a matter of fact, Debian comes with much, much more scientific >> software packages than SL does). > > Just as an addendum in case someone is interested. This is a complete (!) > list of scientific packages that come with Scientific Linux 6: > > jsalk@wattwurm:~> cat /etc/redhat-release > Scientific Linux release 6.0 (Carbon) > jsalk@wattwurm:~> yum groupinfo 'Scientific support' > Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit > Setting up Group Process > > Group: Scientific support > Description: Tools for mathematical and scientific computations, and > parallel computing. > Default Packages: > gnuplot > units > Optional Packages: > atlas > lapack > mpich2 > mpitests-mvapich > mpitests-mvapich2 > mpitests-openmpi > mvapich > mvapich2 > numpy > openmpi > jsalk@wattwurm:~> > > That's it. It's simply what comes with RHEL6 anyway. They don't even > have R in SL6 any more. So it is really a myth that Scientific Linux > provides much extras for scientists. It's simply not their goal. It's > all about compatibility with RHEL which makes SL so attractive as a > common platform for huge computing environments.
Right. Little is added: https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/features/added https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/6x/features/differences And all the CERN physics environments are indeed not a part of it as it seems. And there is yet no ROOT or CERNLIB binary package for it but only for older versions :) http://root.cern.ch/drupal/content/production-version-528 http://cernlib.web.cern.ch/cernlib/version.html Thank you for pointing this out! Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
