RE: [Beowulf] Can Beowulf with Linux run all the desktop applications

2009-02-25 Thread Steve Herborn
All depends on what you mean by "all" the desktop applications. If by "all" you mean those that come with the distro then yes, but of course. However, they will not be taking advantage of any of the additional resources in the Cluster then the node they are running on Steven A. Herborn U.S

Re: [Beowulf] Please help to setup Beowulf

2009-02-25 Thread Bill Rankin
On Thu, 2009-02-19 at 13:28 -0800, Bill Broadley wrote: > While true, I ran openpbs and pbs pro (via a free to .edu program) and they > were both terrible. [...] > Granted this was 5+ years ago, PBS Pro has undergone major changes and revisions over the last five years. Back in 03-04 it was muc

Re: [Beowulf] Can Beowulf with Linux run all the desktop applications

2009-02-25 Thread Tony Travis
Tim Cutts wrote: > > On 24 Feb 2009, at 6:10 am, Rajib Bandopadhyay wrote: > > >> >> Dear friends, >> >> Can Beowulf with Linux run all the desktop applications? Will they run >> >> faster? > > > > Beowulf is Linux, so yes, it can run them. Will it be faster? No. > > Virtually nothing in the d