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Ferro, A. J. 2003, in ASP Conf. Ser., Vol. 314 Astronomical Data
Analysis Software and Systems XIII, eds. F. Ochsenbein, M. Allen, & D. Egret (San Francisco: ASP), 836
Linux BoF
Anthony J. Ferro
NICMOS Project, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
Abstract:
During the conference a group of attendees
held a BoF session
to discuss the use of (GNU/)Linux and related
applications in astronomical institutions.
The Birds of a Feather session was quite well attended, with over 50
people showing up. Many of these attendees were still around at the end of
the session.
The discussion started with a brief presentation on Linux clusters by
Ken Mighell. This was followed by a led discussion of the various ways
Linux is used at astronomical facilities.
Other issues which were discussed included
management issues for large installations,
hardware support problems and security concerns.
One of the largest discussions involved the impending end of the
Red Hat Linux distribution, used by about half the attendees, and the
uncertainties presented by the switch to Fedora Core or other distributions.
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