Scientific Linux: A Distro For More Than Labs

“The basic idea is to provide a distribution that universities,
scientific institutions and researchers can rely on as a consistent
data-collection and operations platform. Many of the names behind
the project ought to be familiar to anyone who’s skimmed the
science pages: Fermilab and CERN, just to name two. The
distribution itself is a customized version of Red Hat (NYSE: RHT)
Enterprise, with the most recent build dating from July 21 (for the
4.x branch). Most of the changes are on a site-specific basis —
for instance, customizations for Fermi’s work as opposed to
CERN.”

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