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| 2009-03-28 |
Distribution Release: Scientific Linux 5.3 "Live CD/DVD" |
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Urs Beyerle has announced the release of the live edition of Scientific Linux 5.3: "Just one week after releasing Scientific Linux 5.3, I'm pleased to say that Scientific Linux Live CD/DVD 5.3 has been released for i386 and x86_64 architectures. Features: live CD/DVD can be installed to local hard disk; live CD runs from USB key; changes can be stored persistently on an external device; live CD can be mounted over NFS (diskless client). Software: Linux kernel 2.6.18, OpenAFS client 1.4.7, X.Org 7.1, 3D desktop with Compiz and AIGLX, ALSA sound libraries 1.0.17, GNOME 2.16.0 (standard desktop), IceWM 1.2.37, GIMP 2.2.13, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0, Firefox 3.0, KDE 3.5.4 (only on live DVD). Software added compared to standard Scientific Linux: NTFS-3G, ntfsprogs, GParted...." Read the release announcement for more information. Download the live CD or live DVD for your processor architecture: livecd_SL53_gnome_2009-03-23.iso (695MB, MD5), livedvd_SL53_2009-03-23.iso (2,548MB, MD5), livecd64_SL53_gnome_2009-03-23.iso (695MB, MD5), livedvd64_SL53_2009-03-23.iso (2,581MB, 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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