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| 2007-01-27 |
NEW • Development Release: Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5 Alpha |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 won't be released until the end of February, but if you want to get an idea what to expect, try the latest Scientific Linux 5 alpha live CD or DVD. Built from source packages for RHEL 5, the live CD/DVD set was announced yesterday: "Scientific Linux Live CD and DVD 5.0 alpha has been released for i386. Packages included: kernel 2.6.18, X.Org 7.1, KDE 3.5.4; GIMP 2.2.13, Evolution 2.8.0, OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, Firefox 1.5.0.8, GNOME 2.16.0 (DVD only). On the SL5 alpha live DVD all Client / Workstation RPMs are installed and GNOME is the default desktop. On the SL5 alpha live CD KDE is the default desktop. For the moment there are no 64-bit SL5 alpha live CD/DVD available." Read the short release announcement for more information. Download: livecd_SL5a_2007-01-17.iso (680MB, MD5), livedvd_SL5a_2007-01-18.iso (3,028MB, MD5). |
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| About Scientific |
| Scientific Linux is a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux, co-developed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Although it aims to be fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it also provides additional packages not found in the upstream product; the most notable among these are various file systems, including Cluster Suite and Global File System (GFS), FUSE, OpenAFS, Squashfs and Unionfs, wireless networking support with Intel wireless firmware, MadWiFi and NDISwrapper, Sun Java and Java Development Kit (JDK), the lightweight IceWM window manager, R - a language and environment for statistical computing, and the Alpine email client. |
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