Extreme Linux

In cooperation with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Red Hat Software is very proud to present Extreme Linux, also known as the Beowulf Project.

If you're into rocket science, you've come to the right place! Extreme Linux will allow you to set up a computer cluster using parallel processing (multiple machines acting as one computer).

Building a computer cluster with the OS and tools that are included in this $29.95 CD-ROM product will provide researchers with radical improvements in the amount of processing power available to them for a given dollar of investment.

Having access to complete source code of these tools will allow the students, researchers, and technical end users to understand this technology at a level never before possible, resulting in a more effective, higher performance computing platform.

This CD-ROM was prepared by USRA/CESDIS at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for the NASA Beowulf Project. This CD-ROM consists of tools and manuals for clustered computing both collected and developed by the Beowulf Project. The software contained herein has been integrated with the freely redistributable portions of Red Hat Software's Red Hat Linux/Intel 5.0. The software and documentation on this CD-ROM retain the copyright of their original authors and/or institutions.

This CD-ROM represents an electronic publication of the NASA Beowulf Project. NASA requires the exclusive use of the NASA Insignia to represent NASA projects ; the use of any other devices to represent NASA or NASA projects is strictly prohibited. An online, redistributable copy of this publication is available at http://www.beowulf.org/

This branding does not represent an endorsement, expressed or implied, by NASA of Red Hat Software or of Red Hat Software products.

In order to guarantee that no party shall recieve unfair commercial advantage through posession, usage, or further redistribution of this publication, all software on this CD-ROM is provided royalty-free and may, at least, be reproduced, redistributed and exported from the United States of America on an unlimited basis.

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