For an extensive answer you probably should ask the people at CERN IT directly, but so far I can tell you:
Main differences: - There are some other default settings for installation concerning connectivity and authentication - There are different images during the installation - There is an additional repository (non-default) available for CERN-people only due to copyright restrictions (some 20 packages or so) - The distribution is (at the moment still being) tested/certified for functioning with all official CERN software (data analysis, detector control, etc...) and all CERN certified hardware. - For CERN members there is a dedicated support for this distribution, which is not available for outside people. - There are some additional software packages that are used at CERN and without too much use outside. About the default RPMs I don't know. If it is suitable outside depends what you mean by "suitable". If "suitable" means "it runs" then I'd say yes. (At least it was like that when I tried SLC5. The question is more: Why would you need SLC6 instead of SL6? Further information you might find at http://linuxsoft.cern.ch Cheers, Bernhard On Tuesday, July 19, 2011 10:59:26 AM Mark Marshall wrote: > Hi, > > I had a few questions about the SL6 CERN build.... > > What are the main differences between that build, and the vanilla SL6? > > What RPMs are included by default in the CERN build, but not in SL6 proper? > > Is the CERN build suitable for external usage? > > Thanks for any advice, > > Mark
