> We discussed a few other issues. Stephen asked a question about how > openMosix did its clustering thing: is it truly clustered or just > working in parallel? I replied that I wasn't sure but I thought it just > worked in parallel; the FAQ on the openmosix site should have a better > answer. Karthik asked if openoffice.org was in the Links section on the > BRLUG website. I checked and it is not. In fact, there is a misleading > link there stating that Star Office is a free download. It is not free. > This leads me to think that we need a new links page administrator. Any > volunteers? It is not a lot of work, but it does need regular updating. > Please let Dustin Puryear know if you are interested.
OpenMosix only works well with well threaded software from what I understand. therefore, I would say that it works in parallel. I think that the difference between cluster and parallel may be a matter of semantics, often people refer to them as the same thing. > > The next meeting is 8/16/03 at the pizza place in Port Allen. Check the > event calendar at www.brlug.net for more details. > WooHoo! I will be back by then... I will share pictures of Linux World. (if I take some that is). This has been a very interesting conference. Much, much different from a Usenix type of conference.. Shannon > John Hebert > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
