Linux

From Waisman Brain Imaging Wiki

Linux is an Open Source version of UNIX. It is generally free or very low cost. It runs on almost every kind of computer made, from "smart" cellphones and PDAs all the way up to gigantic supercomputer clusters, but is most commonly run on PCs similar to those used for Microsoft Windows.

Besides being low-cost, it is quite capable, and is comparable in features and stability to commercial UNIX versions, such as Solaris.

Linux is used quite heavily at the labs. You will find it at Brogden on servers LAN106 - LAN109, and on many computers (such as ancho) at the lab formerly known as Keck. Almost all the computers in use at the Waisman Lab for Brain Imaging (except Donna's PC and all the Macs, of course) are currently dual-boot, with Windows XP Pro on one side and Scientific Linux (https://www.scientificlinux.org/) on the other (if they're not right now, they will be soon, at any rate!). Some of the computers at the Lab for Affective Neuroscience are also configured in this manner, with more coming in the future.

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