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February 20, 2009
Linux Operating System Caos 2 Comes to End of Lifecycle.
Caos Linux is announcing the operating system Caos 2 has come to the end of it's lifecycle. No further development will be made with Caos 2, and download links to it from the mirrors will no longer be available. The project has been idle for some time now, and all development resources are now directed towards the current Caos Linux project, Caos-NSA.
Caos-NSA is not an update or upgrade to Caos 2, they are distinctly separate operating systems. Caos 2 was a more generalized Linux server/workstation, while Caos-NSA is a streamlined Linux OS for HPC Nodes, Servers, and Appliances. It is not possible to upgrade to Caos-NSA from Caos 2; a new installation must be made, so users just switching over can expect to find some missing packages in the new OS. Rest assured that the changes made in Caos-NSA are of substantial importance, and you will like the results!
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November 24 , 2008
Announcing the formal release of Caos Linux NSA 1 for x86 and x86_64!
The Caos team of developers and contributors from Infiscale are proud to announce the public release of Caos Linux NSA version 1. Caos Linux is a community-managed and openly-maintained distribution of Linux focusing on areas where Linux naturally leads and excels: high performance computation (HPC), servers (especially LAMP and general Web), and custom appliances (such as file servers and firewalls).
This release identifies the stabilization and validation of the core operating system, fully tested on some of the world's fastest public and private systems and architectures.
While Caos Linux NSA signifies a new focus in Linux distributions, it also represents a return to what got people involved with Linux in the first place. It is built using known standards and good practices of the open source community with the end users' input and needs taken into consideration. Features are never held back or forced in solely for monetary reasons; technical decisions are always made by technical people for technical reasons. Caos is clean, simple, solid, and fast while still maintaining the level of stability and resilience demanded by enterprise and high-performance computing.
Many distributions no longer focus on the core competencies that always made Linux so proficient, choosing instead to emulate Windows on the desktop and commercial Unix vendors on the server at the same time. In stark contrast to these diametrically opposed goals, the Caos core operating system has been tuned using very large and tightly-coupled HPC cluster systems. Careful tweaking and optimizations have resulted in a very streamlined, lightweight operating system still suitable for a large spectrum of uses, from simple desktops to petaflop supercomputers. Future development also includes a release for embedded systems.
Download Caos NSA 1.0:
64 bit: http://caos.osuosl.org/Caos-NSA-1.0/install/x86_64/caos-nsa-1.0.x86_64.iso
32 bit: http://caos.osuosl.org/Caos-NSA-1.0/install/i386/caos-nsa-1.0.i386.iso
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August 3, 2008
Visit Infiscale at Linux World Expo 2008 in San Francisco!
Infiscale will be hosting a booth at this year's Linux World Expo in San Francisco at the Moscone Center from August 4th to 7th. Come join us in the .org section, booth #17, where we will be demonstrating the latest CAOS NSA, Perceus 1.4 (imbedded on the motherboard using Intel's Rapid Boot technology), and a preview of Abstractual, Infiscale's cloud computing VM solution. So come and visit us to demo our latest offerings and meet and speak with the Infiscale team and our guest vendor representatives about how Infiscale technology can enable your HPC, grid, cloud, and enterprise computing needs.
We'll also have cool booth giveaways, including a grand prize of an Intel mini-cluster (two independent nodes in a 1U enclosure) for one lucky visitor that checks us out, so be sure to make it and not miss out on all the LWE excitement!
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May 7, 2008
Hear the Stateless Provisioning with Perceus talk at Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference in Oakland!
Infiscale's CTO Greg Kurtzer will be giving a talk entitled Stateless Provisioning with Perceus at the Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference on Tuesday, May 13th. Come listen and learn how the energy-saving stateless provisioning of Perceus can provide benefit to your HPC project. Don't miss the chance to have your Perceus questions answered in person by the man who knows Perceus best! |
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April 2, 2008
Infiscale featured at Intel Developer Forum 2008 in Shanghai!
Infiscale software was featured as a live demo in Patrick Gelsinger's Opening Keynote today, From PetaFLOPs to MilliWatts, demonstrating Perceus and CAOS NSA achieving 512 threads on a cluster of 64 Intel Nehalem DP processors. Visit Intel's Press Kit for IDF 2008 for presentations, transcripts, and video from the event. See the attractive twin-rack 32 server Super-micro cluster controlled by Perceus in the video of the Keynote by following the Webcasts & Podcasts link to Patrick Gelsinger's 'English slides' link in the Day 1 Keynotes. (Cue video to 50:30 for Infiscale feature.) |
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August 3, 2008
Visit Infiscale at Linux World Expo 2008 in San Francisco!
Infiscale will be hosting a booth at this year's Linux World Expo in San Francisco at the Moscone Center from August 4th to 7th. Come join us in the .org section, booth #17, where we will be demonstrating the latest CAOS NSA, Perceus 1.4 (imbedded on the motherboard using Intel's Rapid Boot technology), and a preview of Abstractual, Infiscale's cloud computing VM solution. So come and visit us to demo our latest offerings and meet and speak with the Infiscale team and our guest vendor representatives about how Infiscale technology can enable your HPC, grid, cloud, and enterprise computing needs.
We'll also have cool booth giveaways, including a grand prize of an Intel mini-cluster (two independent nodes in a 1U enclosure) for one lucky visitor that checks us out, so be sure to make it and not miss out on all the LWE excitement! |
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May 7, 2008
Hear the Stateless Provisioning with Perceus talk at Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference in Oakland!
Infiscale's CTO Greg Kurtzer will be giving a talk entitled Stateless Provisioning with Perceus at the Open Source Grid & Cluster Conference on Tuesday, May 13th. Come listen and learn how the energy-saving stateless provisioning of Perceus can provide benefit to your HPC project. Don't miss the chance to have your Perceus questions answered in person by the man who knows Perceus best! |
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April 2, 2008
Infiscale featured at Intel Developer Forum 2008 in Shanghai!
Infiscale software was featured as a live demo in Patrick Gelsinger's Opening Keynote today, From PetaFLOPs to MilliWatts, demonstrating Perceus and CAOS NSA achieving 512 threads on a cluster of 64 Intel Nehalem DP processors. Visit Intel's Press Kit for IDF 2008 for presentations, transcripts, and video from the event. See the attractive twin-rack 32 server Super-micro cluster controlled by Perceus in the video of the Keynote by following the Webcasts & Podcasts link to Patrick Gelsinger's 'English slides' link in the Day 1 Keynotes. (Cue video to 50:30 for Infiscale feature.) |
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November 5, 2007
See Perceus and CAOS NSA at the SC07 Conference in Reno!
Infiscale will be at the SC07 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in Reno November 10-16. We will be demonstrating Perceus and CAOS NSA at several of our partner's booths, so keep an eye out for our live demos! Contact Infiscale if you are attending the conference and would like to see these demos firsthand or would like to discuss Perceus and HPC with us. |
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October 26, 2007
New CAOS NSA Update!
With great pleasure we bring you the new CAOS NSA, with plug and play support of Perceus and WareWulf, default "install and be done with it" compatibility with the all the new Intel hardware, including the new Melstone and Shoffner right from the main ISO [rev .9-13 and higher]. This new release also includes full support for embedded provisioning to the Intel Rapid Boot platform, many bug fixes, and greater security. Thanks to everyone for their support and feedback on making this the best NSA release yet! Download it now >> i386 or x86_64 |
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August 16, 2007
CAOS Server 3.0 is now NSA!
In order to differentiate the general purpose "CAOS Linux" distribution, we have re-branded the distribution formally known as CAOS (server) 3 as "CAOS NSA" (Node, Server, Appliance) Download the latest beta here. |
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January 18, 2006
CAOS Server 3.0 BETA-3 released!
The third beta release of CAOS server 3.0 has been posted. This update includes various bug fixes, kernel update (2.6.19.2), package additions, introduction of the CAOS Utilities package and some more core cleanups. Download for i386 or x86_64 now!
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December 25, 2006
CAOS Server 3.0 BETA-2 released!
The second beta release of CAOS server 3.0 includes various bug fixes, package additions, and general usability cleanups. Download for i386 or x86_64 now!
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September 20, 2006
CAOS Server 3.0 BETA-1 released!
CAOS Server is the first implementation of the CAOS-3 core now available for testing by the general public. Features are focused on effeciency, security, and performance.
Download for i386 or x86_64 now!
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June 27, 2006
CAOS-3 is in development!
Current we have a self hosting base operating system, and are working on the tools which will acompany CAOS 3. We are currently accepting contributors for daemon services and HPC packages (both ports and binary RPM). If you would like to be part of its development, please join our CAOS-devel email list and announce yourself. |
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March 22, 2006
CAOS-2 including Warewulf 2.6!
Warewulf 2.6.2 was imported into the CAOS-2 current and stable trees. This release will obsolete the 2.4 version which was previously included. |
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February 2006
New CAOS Linux web site!
We hope you noticed our new logo too! We will be making more graphic media avaialable soon. Please contact us should you need something specific. |
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Tuesday, Aug 8th, 2005
Infiscale at San Francisco LinuxWorld Expo 2005
Infiscale will have a booth at Linux World Expo in San Francisco, California August 9th through the 11th. We are in the Dot-Org pavilion in booth 2042 and we will be demoing CAOS Linux 2 and Linux Clustering using Warewulf. Please stop by the booth and say hello to the Volunteers that are hosting the booth. |
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