Scientific Linux 6.0 (2011/x86/x64) | 5.05 GB Scientific Linux
(SL) - distribution of the operating system Linux, which was
created jointly by Fermilab and CERN, with support from various
laboratories and universities from around the world. Its
original purpose was to reduce duplication of laboratories and
have a total installed base for the various experiments and
other research projects. The base SL distribution is based on
Red Hat Enterprise Linux, recompiled from source. The main
purpose of the base distribution - to provide full binary
compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux with a few to make
minor additions or changes. Examples of such additions are Pine,
and OpenAFS. Scientific Linux uses' yum to download and install
updates from the repository, such as Fedora, unlike Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, which receives updates from the servers, Red
Hat Network. Scientific Linux can be used to create a working
environment of the user, developer, administrator. The
distribution package includes components to s