Quantian Scientific Computing Environment is a customized Knoppix/Debian version designed for numerical and quantitative analysis, providing an ideal platform for researchers and scientists.
The Quantian distribution is a Linux workstation that can transform any computer into a full-featured machine, provided it can boot from cdrom/dvd. Based on clusterKnoppix, Quantian is a remastering of Knoppix that includes support for openMosix, which allows for remote booting of light clients in an openMosix terminal server context.
Interested parties can download earlier versions of Quantian and obtain ordering information from the URLs provided. Additional information about Quantian is available in a paper submitted to The Political Methodologist, slides from the presentation at Usenix 2004, and a paper about Quantian in the DSC 2003 Proceedings.
Quantian is built on the base system of Knoppix and clusterKnoppix, which consists of roughly two gigabytes of software with automatic hardware detection and configuration.
The newest release of Quantian includes Kernel 2.6.12, KDE 3.5 / 3.4, OpenOffice 2.0, and more from Knoppix 4.0.2. It also has the openMosix-enabled 2.4.27 kernel and openMosix tools, comprehensive support for GNU R with over 870 packages from CRAN and BioConductor, plus ESS, Ggobi, Rpad, RKward, RSPerl, JGR, and more.
Quantian also includes the Java 1.5.0 SDK, enabling it to add ImageJ, Weka, JGR, Mondrian, and additional new packages like inkscape, orsa, praat, wxmaxima, and more for math, bio, engineering, LaTeX, and other software.
Interested parties can download earlier versions of Quantian and obtain ordering information from the URLs provided. Additional information about Quantian is available in a paper submitted to The Political Methodologist, slides from the presentation at Usenix 2004, and a paper about Quantian in the DSC 2003 Proceedings.
Quantian is built on the base system of Knoppix and clusterKnoppix, which consists of roughly two gigabytes of software with automatic hardware detection and configuration.
The newest release of Quantian includes Kernel 2.6.12, KDE 3.5 / 3.4, OpenOffice 2.0, and more from Knoppix 4.0.2. It also has the openMosix-enabled 2.4.27 kernel and openMosix tools, comprehensive support for GNU R with over 870 packages from CRAN and BioConductor, plus ESS, Ggobi, Rpad, RKward, RSPerl, JGR, and more.
Quantian also includes the Java 1.5.0 SDK, enabling it to add ImageJ, Weka, JGR, Mondrian, and additional new packages like inkscape, orsa, praat, wxmaxima, and more for math, bio, engineering, LaTeX, and other software.
What's New
Version 0.7.9.2: N/A