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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian Debian] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian Debian] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux Red Hat] with its clones | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux Red Hat] with its clones [[CentOS]] and [https://www.scientificlinux.org Scientific Linux] (binary compatible; produced from the source provided by Red Hat) | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_%28Linux_distribution%29 Fedora] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedora_%28Linux_distribution%29 Fedora]: see [[CCP4 on Fedora 12]] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opensuse OpenSuse] will run most Red Hat and Fedora packages | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandriva_Linux Mandriva] | |||
These differ greatly in the time they support their releases: | These differ greatly in the time they support their releases: | ||
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* Gentoo: less relevant; "rolling releases" | * Gentoo: less relevant; "rolling releases" | ||
* Debian: 1 year after a new release; thus usually 2.5 - 3.5 yrs | * Debian: 1 year after a new release; thus usually 2.5 - 3.5 yrs | ||
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server: see http://support.novell.com/lifecycle/lcSearchResults.jsp?st=suse+linux+enterprise+server; generally 6 years or more | |||
===Useful Links=== | ===Useful Links=== | ||
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==Mac OS X== | ==Mac OS X== | ||
Mac OS X is a proprietary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD BSD]- | Mac OS X is a proprietary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBSD BSD]-Unix-derived operating system that runs on Apple's computers. The BSD-subsystem, called [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system) Darwin], attempts to be open-source. Unlike most other flavors of Unix, OS X is not based on an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System X11 windowing system], but instead uses a proprietary [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface) Aqua] graphical user interface. For crystallographers and others who need the conventional X11 windowing system, an [http://trac.macosforge.org/projects/xquartz Xserver for OS X] is available, and can be easily installed on all versions of OS X. | ||
===Links:=== | ===Links:=== | ||
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Irix is a flavor of UNIX and is still supported by [http://www.sgi.com/products/software/irix/ SGI]. | Irix is a flavor of UNIX and is still supported by [http://www.sgi.com/products/software/irix/ SGI]. | ||
== See also == | |||
Linux [[filesystems]] | |||