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Recommended Best Linux Workstations, Servers and HPC
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@Xi SUPERIOR LINUX EXPERTISE
Our company experience with Linux® & Unix® before then, starts in the early 90’ when our Xi® MTower™ SP received the prestigious 1994 BYTE Magazine/NSTL Lab award
“MOST EXPANDABLE”.
In the same years we were also pioneering the first dual processor workstations & servers, using Intel® Pentium® Pro with the early versions of Linux. We were working with two, at the time young, motherboard manufactures,
Supermicro® and ASUS®, with which we enjoy a continuing prolific partnership to the present days.
We have been installing and offering Linux based systems for over 20 years and three of our engineers at the time are still doing it now, here @Xi® Computers, capitalizing over 60 years of Linux experience.
MULTIPLE LINUX ON MULTIPLE INTEL® BASED HARDWARE PLATFORMS
One of the great advantages of being a custom system builder is to be independent from specific hardware and software configurations typical of “en masse” production.
For that reason we are able to side our huge hardware selections with a variety of OS platform including a long list of Linux distributions spanning from Workstations to Servers and HPC Clusters.
In the process of optimizing a specific hardware and software selection, our experienced sales consultant will make sure all the integration compatibility issues are covered and otherwise addressed
with the necessary modifications to satisfy all our client needs. The following is a list of the currently available Linux platforms on our systems and their most important features.
RED HAT® CERTIFIED
As Red Hat Linux certified professionals we are able to cover
multiple requirements for servers, workstation, clusters and
clouds, offering our systems installed with the world’s leading
enterprise Linux platforms:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
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Red Hat Satellite
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NOVELL® SUSE®
SUSE Linux Enterprise offers users the possibility of using Linux and Open Source
by providing a scalable, high performance basis and reliability. SUSE Linux Enterprise also supports a wide range of
hardware platforms and leading software applications; As NOVELL SUSE Linux partners we are also offering our systems
installed with the following:
NOVELL SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
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NOVELL SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
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Ubuntu®
Ubuntu Linux is becoming one of the friendliest Linux experience
with great ease of integration, good community support and
interesting features and applications. We are currently
offering:
Ubuntu Desktop LTS Stable release
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Ubuntu Server LTS Stable release
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Linux Mint®
Linux Mint is a community-driven Linux distribution based on Ubuntu or Debian that strives to be a "modern, elegant and comfortable operating system which is both powerful and easy to use.
Linux Mint Stable release
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CentOS™
CentOS stands for “Community Enterprise Operating System” and is
one of the most Enterprise oriented but still free and
community-supported Linux computing platform. Aiming to compete
with RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) has a great popularity in
the scientific community.
CentOS Stable release
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Support
Fedora™
As Red Hat certified professional we of course support our
computer with the Fedora Project.
Fedora Desktop/Workstation
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OpenSUSE®
Again, as SUSE partners we are installing our systems with
latest
versions of OpenSUSE.
OpenSUSE Linux
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Scientific Linux™
Scientific Linux is an Enterprise Linux rebuild sponsored by
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; is built from the source
code for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions.
Scientific Linux
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Debian®
Debian systems currently use the Linux kernel or the FreeBSD kernel:
Debian Stable release
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ATTENTIVE INTEGRATION AND SUPPORT
While the support and popularity of Linux is constantly growing, many parts manufacturer do not enjoy the vast availability of drivers present with Microsoft® Windows® products.
We are always attentive in the configuration and installation process of our Linux computers, but some components might not be completely supported by the specific Linux selected.
In the pre-sales specification and building processes, we actively interact with our clients to assess and possibly eliminate any foreseeable HW-SW integration problems.
While we are in general devoted to technically support our systems on a life time basis, our support for Linux, especially for the free Linux distributions versions,
is relying solely on our experience and on what is found in the Linux community support.
AVAILABLE @Xi LINUX INTEL® BASED CUSTOM CONFIGURATIONS
Each of the above links will provide a detailed specification of each platform and the
access to a highly customizable system configurator
capable of generating a custom quote. In each system configurator, for each hardware platform,
most of the above Linux platforms are available for selection. For sake of brevity some of them are not present,
but our clients can select “No OS Installed” option and insert in the notes field of our online quote system their
OS preference. Our sales consultant will then be happy to optimize and propose the best option available in a custom quote.
Dual Boot Windows & Linux are also possible.
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