Interesting details

• We chose the Redhat commercial distribution of Linux. Redhat maintains an ftp site offering the complete Linux distribution and includes a utility that can install upgrades directly from the ftp site. Additionally, Redhat offers CD-ROM versions of its releases.
• Linux supports a wide variety of hardware due to the multi-vendor nature of the PC market. We are confident that there would be no problem supporting our older SCSI disks.
• Linux CD-ROM handling is as easy as CD-ROM handling on a Sun; in contrast to many UNIX vendors, Sun and Linux support the Rock Ridge File System Standard.
• NAG offers its Fortran 90 compiler for the Linux platform.
• SEP's off-site system administration, CAST, and Stanford's networking services (AFS) support Linux machines.