The first version of GeekoCFD can be downloaded from SUSE Studio Gallery. This brings all the features listed in my previous announcement, plus a few fixed to the installation system of the live-DVD, an updated kernel and Java virtual machine, and a few other minor fixes listed in the changelog. I am waiting to know if the distribution can be freely released without modifications, or if I have to remove the openSUSE branding to be able to do that. The SUSE Studio and openSUSE team should answer soon. In the meanwhile, you must have a SUSE Studio account to access to the images. I have a few (8) invitations left,…

GeekoCFD is a live distribution based on openSUSE 11.3 – 64 bit, whose purpose is to provide easy and immediate access to open-source scientific tools, in particular for computational fluid dynamics. The live distribution was created with SUSE Studio, whose team was very helpful in the process of solving some small problems during the setup. Almost all the packages provided in the images were prepared by openSUSE developers and community volunteers, to whom most of the merit should go. The features of the distribution are the following: System OpenSUSE 11.3 – 64 bit Kernel 2.6.34 gcc 4.5.0 KDE 4.4.4 Scientific software cantor enGrid 1.2.0 gmsh 2.4.2 grace gsl wxMaxima and…