“The developers of Scientific Linux have released version 6.0 of
their Linux distribution for x86-32 and x86-64 systems. Mainly
driven by Fermilab, CERN and other universities and research
institutes, the project provides free models of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux (RHEL), which is sold in a subscription plan. To make it
available for free, protected components (such as Red Hat
trademarks) were removed from RHEL’s freely accessible sources; in
addition, the software was recompiled for installation media to
ensure that Scientific Linux retains all of the well-known
functions included in RHEL 6.0.”