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Scientific Linux

Last Update: Thursday 5 November 2009 01:16 GMT




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.


Scientific Summary
Distribution Scientific Linux
Home Page https://www.scientificlinux.org/
Mailing Lists https://www.scientificlinux.org/maillists/
User Forums --
Documentation https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/
Screenshots SEO Expert Consultants
Download Mirrors https://www.scientificlinux.org/download/
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  • Notes: In case where multiple versions of a package are shipped with a distribution, only the default version appears in the table. For indication about the GNOME version, please check the 'libgnome' and 'nautilus' packages. As per the Apache project's recommendations, apache 1.3.x is referred to as "apache", while apache 2.x is referred to as "httpd".
  • Colour scheme: green text = latest stable version, red text = development or beta version. The function determining beta versions is not 100% reliable due to a wide variety of versioning schemes.

Feature 5.4 4.8 3.0.9
Release Date 2009/11/04 2009/07/21 2007/11/18
Price (US$) Free Free Free
CDs 6 6 4
Free Download ISO ISO ISO
Installation Graphical Graphical Graphical
Default Desktop GNOME GNOME GNOME
Package Management RPM RPM RPM
Office Suite OO.o OO.o OO.o
Processor Architecture i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64 i386, x86_64
Journaled File Systems ext3 ext3 ext3
Multilingual Yes Yes Yes
Asian Language Support cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw cn, jp, kr, tw
Package 5.4 4.8 3.0.9
abiword (2.8.1) -- -- --
alsa-lib (1.0.22) 1.0.17 1.0.6 --
amarok (2.2.2) -- -- --
ati-driver (8.690) -- -- --
bind (9.6.1-P3) 9.3.6-P1 9.2.4 9.2.4
compiz (0.8.4) 0.0.13 -- --
cups (1.4.2) 1.3.7 1.1.22rc1 1.1.17
db (4.8.26) 4.3.29 4.2.52 4.1.25
dhcp (4.1.1) 3.0.5 3.0.1 3.0.1
emacs (23.1) 21.4 21.3 21.3
evolution (2.28.2) 2.12.3 2.0.2 1.4.5
firefox (3.6) 3.0.15 3.0.11 --
freetype (2.3.11) 2.2.1 2.1.9 2.1.4
gcc (4.4.3) 4.1.2 3.4.6 3.2.3
gimp (2.6.8) 2.2.13 2.0.5 1.2.3
glibc (2.11.1) 2.5 2.3.4 2.3.2
gnucash (2.2.9) -- -- --
gnumeric (1.8.4) -- -- --
grub (1.97.2) 0.97 0.95 0.93
gtk+ (2.18.6) 2.10.4 2.4.13 2.2.4
hal (0.5.14) 0.5.8.1 0.4.2 --
httpd (2.2.14) 2.2.3 2.0.52 2.0.46
inkscape (0.47) -- -- --
jre (6u18) -- 6u12 --
k3b (1.0.5) 0.12.17 0.11.14 --
kdebase (4.4.0) 3.5.4 3.3.1 3.1.3
Package 5.4 4.8 3.0.9
koffice (2.1.1) -- -- --
libgnome (2.28.0) 2.16.0 2.8.0 2.2.2
linux (2.6.32.8) 2.6.18 2.6.9 2.4.21
module-init-tools (3.11.1) 3.3-pre3 3.1-pre5 --
mono (2.6.1) -- -- --
mysql (5.1.43) 5.0.77 4.1.22 3.23.58
nautilus (2.28.4) 2.16.2 2.8.1 2.2.4
NVIDIA (190.53) -- -- --
OpenOffice.org (3.2.0) 2.3.0 1.1.5 1.1.2
openssh (5.3p1) 4.3p2 3.9p1 3.6.1p2
openssl (0.9.8l) 0.9.8b 0.9.7a 0.9.7a
perl (5.10.1) 5.8.8 5.8.5 5.8.0
php (5.3.1) 5.1.6 4.3.9 4.3.2
pidgin (2.6.5) 2.6.3 2.5.8 1.5.1
postfix (2.6.5) 2.3.3 2.2.10 2.0.16
postgresql (8.4.2) 8.1.18 7.4.19 7.3.19
Python (3.1.1) 2.4.3 2.3.4 2.2.3
qt-x11 (4.6.1) 3.3.6 3.3.3 3.1.2
samba (3.4.5) 3.0.33 3.0.33 3.0.9
sendmail (8.14.4) 8.13.8 8.13.1 8.12.11
thunderbird (3.0.1) 2.0.0.22 1.5.0.12 --
udev (151) 095 039 --
vim (7.2) 7.0 6.3.046 6.3.046
xfce (4.6.1) -- -- --
xine-lib (1.1.17) -- -- --
xorg-server (1.7.4) 1.1.1 (6.8.2) --

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