The SBGrid Software Suite can run on Linux, OS X and IRIX machines.
Last Update: 2010-01-04
We build and test most software under CentOS 4. We will try to address all program bugs reported for the listed Fedora, Red Hat and CentOS releases. Informal testing shows that many of the programs will run on other linux distributions, but we do not currently support anything outside of Fedora, Red Hat and CentOS.
We will support at least the four most recent releases of Fedora Linux and the two most recent releases of Red Hat and CentOS. Depending on available resources, we may choose to support more than the four most Fedora releases.
Currently Supported:
We build and test the programs under the most two most recent OS X releases. As of September 1, 2009, we are supporting three releases of OS X Intel, but on November 1st, we will drop support for OS X 10.4 Intel.
Currently Supported:
The IRIX programs branch is currently frozen. The applications are stable and work well on our SGI hardware, but they are not being updated.
Currently Supported:
We are occasionally asked about supporting Linux distributions outside of Fedora/Red Hat/CentOS. While we do not explicitly disable the programs from running on other distributions, we made the decision to focus our support efforts on the three distributions above since we feel these distributions offer a wide range of features and functionality to our users.
Fedora users have access to a cutting edge distribution rapidly incorporating the latest and greatest features in the Linux community including advanced desktops, the latest software packages and a very large range of supported hardware. The downside to this modern distribution are occasional periods of instability and the rapid expiration of software updates for its releases.
Red Hat offers a commercially supported operating system for users in an environment that requires an official OS support contract. Red Hat releases are derived from Fedora releases after they have matured among the open source community, so you end up with a well-tested and well-supported Linux release. The downside to Red Hat is its somewhat smaller range of supported hardware and the older installed packages that come with the system.
CentOS is a community-supported rebuild of the official Red Hat released sources. It offers the same stability and features of the Red Hat distribution, but is free for anyone to use. It has a large and friendly community for support.
If you are setting up a new lab or considering upgrades to your computing infrastructure, we strongly recommend using one of these three distributions.
We have had reports of the software working on Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSuSE, Mandriva Linux and Gentoo.