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openMosix Summit 2005 Announced

Posted by michael on from the mark-your-calendar-applications dept.

axehind writes "The 2nd openMosix Community Summit will be held at FOSDEM 2005 the weekend of February 26 & 27th in Brussels. FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Developers' European Meeting) is a free and non commercial event organized for and by the developer and user community. openMosix is a Linux kernel extension for single-system image clustering."

8 comments

  1. I don't suppose... by cs02rm0 · · Score: 1

    ...openMosix does anything daft yet... like work with the most current stable kernel series?

    Don't get me wrong, it seems great, but it's hardly worth staying with 2.4 for.

    1. Re:I don't suppose... by richie2000 · · Score: 3, Informative
      work with the most current stable kernel series?

      We will not release any new 2.4.22 versions (2.24.22-3 is last).
      2.4.24 release is pending test and review.
      2.4.26 release will be the last official openMosix release for 2.4 and after that, we'll move to 2.6.
      openMosix Roadmap and Plan
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    2. Re:I don't suppose... by cs02rm0 · · Score: 1

      No shit sherlock, that's my point!

      (Yeah yeah, I've got karma to burn)

    3. Re:I don't suppose... by richie2000 · · Score: 2, Informative
      My point was that it's on the way and in the roadmap. Since it seems there's some controversy about 2.6 really is stable or not, it makes a certain kind of sense to stay with 2.4 for now, but plan for 2.6. If you can't wait, use 2.4. For most server applications, this shouldn't be a problem. If you can wait - no problem.

      And I don't think there'll be a karma bonfire in here. :-)

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  2. Breaking news by zangdesign · · Score: 1

    Both fans are expected to show up. /sarcasm

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  3. Please check facts people! [ERRATA] by sofar · · Score: 1

    openMosix is a Linux kernel extension for single-system image clustering.

    no it is not. It is a kernel extension that allows transparent and smooth migration of processes between cluster nodes without user intervention based on load balancing algorithms. (PERIOD).

    OpenMosix is available in dozens of distributions and on boot images, even knoppix-like ones (cluster-knoppix) but also for mainstream distro's like lunar gentoo etc..

  4. WTF? by Curtman · · Score: 1

    This story is like 10 hours old, and not one beowulf post. Shame on you Slashdot.

    1. Re:WTF? by haruchai · · Score: 1

      In Soviet Russia, Mosix clusters YOU!!!

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