What are the differences between Ubuntu and Scientific Linux?
Is there any major advantage in using Scientific Linux over Ubuntu particularly in the case of numerical computing or any other fields?
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1A short comparison of Ubuntu and Scientific Linux can be found at Unix & Linux Q&A in this question: Best Linux Distribution for Scientific Computing?.– karelMar 15, 2015 at 10:22
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how is the commands?....is it same as ubuntu?– Sooraj SMar 16, 2015 at 7:41
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Scientific Linux is a recompiled Red Hat Enterprise Linux, co-developed by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Although it aims to be fully compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, it also provides additional packages not found in the upstream product; the most notable among these are various file systems, including Cluster Suite and Global File System (GFS), FUSE, OpenAFS, Squashfs and Unionfs, wireless networking support with Intel wireless firmware, MadWiFi and NDISwrapper, Sun Java and Java Development Kit (JDK), the lightweight IceWM window manager, R - a language and environment for statistical computing, and the Alpine email client.
Said of another way: Scentific Linux will waste less power for user interface and more power for computing. If do you are a normal user with a good machine, Ubuntu will be better.
answered Mar 15, 2015 at 11:20
