[Scientific Linux 5.0 Live CD Released] ,----[ Quote ] | SL is a Linux release put together by Fermilab, CERN, and various | other labs and universities around the world. Its primary purpose | is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common | install base for the various experimenters. `---- https://www.scientificlinux.org/news/ The GNOME Roadmap [Just (Re)Published] ,----[ Quote ] | The GNOME Community Roadmap is a big-picture view of functionality we | expect GNOME to include in short-term and long-term future. The | roadmap is based on feedback from current GNOME developers and | other community members. `---- http://live.gnome.org/RoadMap Related: Computing Grid Helps Get to the Heart of Matter ,----[ Quote ] | At CERN, the PCs, CPU servers and disks are linked on a 1G-bps | network provided by Hewlett-Packard ProCurve switches. CERN | itself will contribute 10 percent of the total necessary | processors for the job, including 3,500 PCs and the rest | single- or dual-core processors all running a version of Linux | called Scientific Linux CERN. CERN will contribute about 8,000 | processors to the computing tasks. `---- http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2134085,00.asp Scientific Linux live CD/DVD previews RH5 ,----[ Quote ] | A preview of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, which won't be released | for about a month, is available via the latest Scientific Linux 5 | (SL5) alpha live CD/DVD, released this week. Built from source | packages for RHEL 5, SL5 sports a 2.6.18 kernel and either the | KDE or GNOME desktops. `---- http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7261819287.html Scientific Linux rolls out live CD/DVD update ,----[ Quote ] | The Scientific Linux project today released a set of live CDs and DVDs | of the latest version of their Red Hat-based distribution, v4.4, for | both i386 and x86_64 architectures. The live CD/DVD, featuring a 2.6.9 | kernel and the GNOME desktop environment, can also boot from a USB | port, the team said. `---- http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS6595974437.html