[Beowulf] getting kubuntu to perform as a cluster os

[Tim Cutts]

On 6 Feb 2008, at 4:02 pm, Jon Aquilina wrote:

> what would be necessary to get a normal desktop os such as kubuntu  
> to run as
> a clusterable os

Not much.  It's just Linux at the end of the day.  We use Debian as  
our cluster OS, and all kubuntu is is a slightly tarted up version of  
Debian with better graphics hardware support.  Debian actually lends  
itself to cluster use just fine, and includes a lot of useful cluster  
software (especially in the upcoming "lenny" release, due in  
September, which I note will have a Lustre 1.6.x client package as  
part of the standard distribution)

Tim


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