Scientific Linux 6.0 (x86/x64) ML | 3.43 Gb/3.95 Gb

Scientific Linux is a Linux release put together by Fermilab, CERN, and various other labs and universities around the world. Its primary purpose is to reduce duplicated effort of the labs, and to have a common install base for the various experimenters.

The base SL distribution is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, recompiled from source.

The main purpose of the base distribution - to provide full binary compatibility with Red Hat Enterprise Linux with a few to make minor additions or changes. Examples of such additions are Pine, and OpenAFS.

Scientific Linux uses' yum to