Announce XtreemOS 2.1 Release

The XtreemOS consortium is please to announce the release of XtreemOS 2.1. 

This update release will include:

* Improved installer with a new xosautoconfig tool to greatly simply and   
automate installation of XtreemOS instances.

*A number of high impact bug fixes, along with work on stability and 
correctness.

* XtreemFS 1.2, which has a number of new features along with enhanced 
performance and stability 

* XtreemOS MD (Mobile Device) - This new version integrates XtreemOS on 
Internet Tablets, beginning with the Nokia N8xx models.

This makes it possible to launch jobs and interact with XtreemOS resources via 
a special client with a simple single signon. 

* Virtual Nodes - a framework to provide fault tolerance for grid applications 
by replicating them over multiple nodes.  

* XOSSAGA - a set of technologies to allow you to run SAGA compliant 
applications on top of XtreemOS unmodified.

========== Downloading===========

An updated list of Mandriva Mirrors can be found here: 

http://api.mandriva.com/mirrors/list.php and 
http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org/en/Mandriva_mirrors

The ISO files for XtreemOS releases  are in the folder 

/devel/xtreemos/iso/2.1


============ Changes ===============

This release has concentrated strictly on bug-fixes and polishing. You can 
find the change log here:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/xtreemos/roadmap_pag...

All users are encouraged to test the new ISO and report any issues to our bug 

tracker: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mantisbt/xtreemos/main_page.php

===========About XtreemOS========

XtreemOS 2.1 is the result of an ongoing project with 18 academic and 

industrial partners into the design and implementation of an open source Grid 

operating system including native support for virtual organizations (VO) ease 

of use. XtreemOS is running on a wide range of hardware ranging from 

smartphones, PCs and Linux clusters.


A set of system services, extending those found in traditional Linux, 

provides users with all the Grid capabilities associated with current Grid 

middleware, but fully integrated into the OS. Based on Linux, XtreemOS 

provides distributed support for VOs spanning across many machines and sites 

along with appropriate interfaces for Grid OS services.


When installed on a participating machine, the XtreemOS system provides for 

the Grid what an operating system offers for a single computer: abstraction

from the hardware and secure resource sharing between different users. 

XtreemOS provides for users, the vision of a large powerful single workstation 

environment, but removing the complex resource management issues of a Grid 

environment
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Peter Linnell
Project Technical Manager
XtreemOS
Ph:+33 2 99 84 2237
Fax: +33 2 99 84 71 71
INRIA  Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique
http://www.xtreemos.eu

Campus universitaire de Beaulieu,
35 042 Rennes cedex (FRANCE)
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