Efforts at creating a Fedora Scientific Spin

[Amit Saha]

Hello everyone:

I wanted to bring to your attention my efforts at creating a Fedora
Scientific Spin [1]. I have put in the spin page [2] some of my goals,
the reasons of the packages I have selected and the current state of
the project.

Reproducing from there:

This spin will be based on the Fedora desktop spin. In addition, a
number of tools and libraries for scientific research is included. I
have decided upon the current set of applications based on my own
experience and some discussions on mailing lists, notably the Canberra
Linux Users Group.

The current set of packages include a IDE, tools and libraries for
programming in C, C++, Python, Java and R. Also included alongwith are
libraries for parallel computing such as the OpenMPI and OpenMP. Tools
for typesetting, writing and publishing are included. Scientific
computing libraries and tools such as the GNU Scientific Library,
SciPy, Octave, Maxima are also shipped in this spin.

The current set of packages are provided from the Fedora 15 repository
for my tests and the ISO stands at ~1.6 Gigs. I am currently using it
on my Desktop and after installation takes about ~6 gigs of disk
space. Since Fedora 15 is stable, so is Fedora Scientific!

(NB: As of now, the Rawhide repository is far from being stable and I
hence I have refrained from using it for my testing.)

Like I have pointed out in the spin page, I want this spin to be under
the umbrella of the SciTech SIG and hence invite all of you to kindly
make your suggestions/comments.

I shall keep the list updated on the progress of this effort,
specially the outcome of the spin wrangling process.


[1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Amitksaha#Fedora_Scientific_Spin
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin


Thanks!
-Amit
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[Amit Saha]

Hi everyone:

On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Amit Saha <droidery(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  Hello everyone:
>
>  I wanted to bring to your attention my efforts at creating a Fedora
>  Scientific Spin [1]. I have put in the spin page [2] some of my goals,
>  the reasons of the packages I have selected and the current state of
>  the project.
>
>  Reproducing from there:
>
>  This spin will be based on the Fedora desktop spin. In addition, a
>  number of tools and libraries for scientific research is included. I
>  have decided upon the current set of applications based on my own
>  experience and some discussions on mailing lists, notably the Canberra
>  Linux Users Group.
>
>  The current set of packages include a IDE, tools and libraries for
>  programming in C, C++, Python, Java and R. Also included alongwith are
>  libraries for parallel computing such as the OpenMPI and OpenMP. Tools
>  for typesetting, writing and publishing are included. Scientific
>  computing libraries and tools such as the GNU Scientific Library,
>  SciPy, Octave, Maxima are also shipped in this spin.
>
>  The current set of packages are provided from the Fedora 15 repository
>  for my tests and the ISO stands at ~1.6 Gigs. I am currently using it
>  on my Desktop and after installation takes about ~6 gigs of disk
>  space. Since Fedora 15 is stable, so is Fedora Scientific!
>
>  (NB: As of now, the Rawhide repository is far from being stable and I
>  hence I have refrained from using it for my testing.)
>
>  Like I have pointed out in the spin page, I want this spin to be under
>  the umbrella of the SciTech SIG and hence invite all of you to kindly
>  make your suggestions/comments.
>
>  I shall keep the list updated on the progress of this effort,
>  specially the outcome of the spin wrangling process.
>
>
>  [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Amitksaha#Fedora_Scientific_Spin
>  [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin 
To add to my previous email, I have sought the kind services of the
Fedora design team to create a logo
for the spin. You can see the current efforts and discussions at
https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/196.
It would be great to have your ideas on the current logo.

Also, do post your comments/suggestions on the discussion page at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Scientific_Spin

Thanks!
-Amit

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http://echorand.me

[Amit Saha]

Hello:

On 07/23/2011 02:09 PM, Amit Saha wrote:
>  Hi everyone:
>
>  On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 1:03 PM, Amit Saha<droidery(a)gmail.com>  wrote:
> > Hello everyone:
> >
> > I wanted to bring to your attention my efforts at creating a Fedora
> > Scientific Spin [1]. I have put in the spin page [2] some of my goals,
> > the reasons of the packages I have selected and the current state of
> > the project.
> >
> > Reproducing from there:
> >
> > This spin will be based on the Fedora desktop spin. In addition, a
> > number of tools and libraries for scientific research is included. I
> > have decided upon the current set of applications based on my own
> > experience and some discussions on mailing lists, notably the Canberra
> > Linux Users Group.
> >
> > The current set of packages include a IDE, tools and libraries for
> > programming in C, C++, Python, Java and R. Also included alongwith are
> > libraries for parallel computing such as the OpenMPI and OpenMP. Tools
> > for typesetting, writing and publishing are included. Scientific
> > computing libraries and tools such as the GNU Scientific Library,
> > SciPy, Octave, Maxima are also shipped in this spin.
> >
> > The current set of packages are provided from the Fedora 15 repository
> > for my tests and the ISO stands at ~1.6 Gigs. I am currently using it
> > on my Desktop and after installation takes about ~6 gigs of disk
> > space. Since Fedora 15 is stable, so is Fedora Scientific!
> >
> > (NB: As of now, the Rawhide repository is far from being stable and I
> > hence I have refrained from using it for my testing.)
> >
> > Like I have pointed out in the spin page, I want this spin to be under
> > the umbrella of the SciTech SIG and hence invite all of you to kindly
> > make your suggestions/comments.
> >
> > I shall keep the list updated on the progress of this effort,
> > specially the outcome of the spin wrangling process.
> >
> >
> > [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Amitksaha#Fedora_Scientific_Spin
> > [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin
>
>  To add to my previous email, I have sought the kind services of the
>  Fedora design team to create a logo
>  for the spin. You can see the current efforts and discussions at
>  https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ticket/196.
>  It would be great to have your ideas on the current logo.
>
>  Also, do post your comments/suggestions on the discussion page at
>  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Scientific_Spin 
Some more updates:

- I just included a number of new packages in this spin based on the 
feedback from some community members and private discussions

- I haven't yet had any notification from the spin wrangler as to the 
acceptance of this spin for F16

- Since F16 has been branched, I am using the F16 release repos instead 
of the F15 ones.

The kickstart file is at [1] and the spin page at [2]. The discussions 
page is at [3]

I was also wondering whether to make it GNOME/KDE/XFCE. I am personally 
a GNOME 3 fan. However, I am not sure whether KDE might be a better idea 
or all three?


[1] 
https://bitbucket.org/amitksaha/custom_linux/raw/fe51366fa5d9/fedora-live...

[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scientific_Spin

[3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Talk:Scientific_Spin



I will look forward to any updates/suggestions.

-Amit

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http://echorand.me

[Lukas Middendorf]

Hi,

Amit Saha wrote on Sunday 07 August 2011:
>  The kickstart file is at [1] and the spin page at [2]. The
> discussions
>  page is at [3] 
>  I will look forward to any updates/suggestions. 
ROOT [1] is missing in the list. I would like to suggest to add the packages
root, root-gui-fitpanel, root-physics, root-mathmore, root-minuit2,
root-python


[1] http://root.cern.ch/drupal

[Amit Saha]

On 08/07/2011 06:26 PM, Lukas Middendorf wrote:
>  Hi,
>
>  Amit Saha wrote on Sunday 07 August 2011:
> > The kickstart file is at [1] and the spin page at [2]. The discussions
> > page is at [3]
>
> > I will look forward to any updates/suggestions.
>
>  ROOT [1] is missing in the list. I would like to suggest to add the packages
>  root, root-gui-fitpanel, root-physics, root-mathmore, root-minuit2,
>  root-python 
Thanks Lukas. I have added it in the discussions page and will add it in 
my next kickstart file.

-Amit

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