[clug] Request for Ideas/Suggestions: Fedora Scientific Spin

[Ben Nizette]

On 03/07/2011, at 7:51 PM, Amit Saha wrote:

> On 07/03/2011 04:28 PM, Ben Nizette wrote:
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>> On 03/07/2011, at 1:31 PM, Amit Saha wrote:
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>>> Hello all:
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>>> I have been lurking on this list for a while now, and have been quietly reading the many interesting discussions happening here. Time to start one on my own!
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>>> I wanted to draw your attention to a recent effort of mine, which is to create a Fedora Scientific spin. Like probably a lot of things in the FOSS world, this was a classic case of "scratching my own itch", and the ease with which a custom spin can be created for Fedora, I decided to go ahead with this long brewing idea of mine.
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>>> The current wiki page is at https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin
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>> Cool!  How does this relate to Scientific Linux etc?  Is it the same concept on a Fedora base rather than a RHEL one and if so, what's the advantage of a Fedora base?
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>> Not that I don't think this is a good idea, would just like to hear your justification :)
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> I would say, its similar in objective. It's a fedora code base, rather than a RHEL one like you said. However, I don't think I have a good ebough answer to justify a new effort with a similar objective, other than having a bit of fun and create something useful for myself and hopefully others :)

A very valid objective!  From my point of view I like the sound of things as RHEL isn't a nice place to spend your day unless you need the stability.  Having a pair of (semi-)compatible distros, one that can offer stability and one that can offer new-shiny-brilliance, sounds like a good plan.

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>>> It would be of great help if the interested ones among you suggest some generic tools for numerical computing/scientific research that you find really useful which is not already included in the list of packages in the above wiki page.
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>> Well I use RadWare[1] a lot but it's pretty niche.  Something for the repos, not the base install!
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>> Keeping a good up to date package set for Player/Stage, OpenCV, Orocos and OpenRAVE would be excellent too.  More engineering than science but from what I gather you're more ENG anyway.
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> Thanks, I haven't yet checked their status in the Fedora repos, but I will definitely add your suggestions to my notes. Yes, I am more ENG.
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> Your suggestions/comments much appreciated, Ben.

np, good luck :)
	--Ben.

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> -Amit
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>> 	--Ben.
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>> [1] http://radware.phy.ornl.gov/info.html
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>>> 
>>> I am currently discussing this idea with the Spins SIG and the SciTech SIG [2] in the Fedora community, and you are most welcome to join in there!
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>>> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Spins_SIG
>>> [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:SciTech_SIG
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>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> -Amit
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