On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, Keith Bierman wrote: > > On Aug 2, 2007, at 7:53 PM, S h i v wrote: > >>> >> >> Shouldn't SXCE/SXDE already be suitable for HPC? > > Since the vast majority of HPC users are Linux users these days... in > a word no. > > Once we have more of the "gnu userland" and other "linux migration" > bits that would seem to me to be the heart of Indiana, it will be > more suitable than SXCE/SXDE...
There's a huge gap between the gnu userland that SX delivers and what it could be delivering. So I totally agree. A couple years ago when the Nexenta team started their project, the gap was so big that they based their entire "business case" on it -- and created a healthy niche of Nexenta users as a result. BeleniX too. BeleniX tends to be unfairly oversimplified as just a LiveCD, but have a peek in /usr/foss. Put /usr/foss/bin ahead of /usr/bin in $PATH and you've got a seamless GNU command-line environment. (IOW, I bet GNU userland is as responsible for BeleniX popularity as much as it being a LiveCD.) Fortunately for Nevada/SX (and therefore Indiana), the OpenSolaris GNU project that was developed last year opened the door for GNU userland to go into /usr/bin, bigtime. In fact, in theory, for the last six months (since the project passed ARC) there's nothing except the need for volunteers preventing GNU userland from *flooding* into /usr/bin. Eric >> .. >> (Lot more sections of users than just "non-tech" users are showing >> interest in Indiana. Do we infer that the "usability gaps" as it >> exists today are not just for the end users.) > > Where by "usability gap" we mean "it looks, tastes or smells > different" than Linux, I suppose so. > > > > Keith H. Bierman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Strategic Engagement Team | AIM: kbiermank > 5430 Nassau Circle East | 650-352-4432 voice+fax > Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 | 303-997-2749 > http://blogs.sun.com/khb | > <speaking for myself, not Sun*> Copyright 2007 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > indiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss > > _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
