PlumpOS Released

PlumpOS Released: Successor to the Highly Popular clump/os has Arrived

At last, the successor to the highly popular clump/os has arrived.  With a
new name, a new author, a new logo, and based upon openMosix, PlumpOS has
finally been released.

Peter Willis brings us PlumpOS which began as a port of clump/os with the
assistance of its author Jean-David Marrow.  Along the way PlumpOS has gone
from port to a complete rewrite.  But PlumpOS still resembles the original
clump/os in intent which is to be a solution on a CD-ROM for adding new
nodes to an existing cluster.

PlumpOS release: 6.9 RC1 includes pretty much every "latest" openMosix
version past 2.4.18 (that's 2.4.18 4, 2.4.18 smp 4, 2.4.19 migshm 6,
2.4.19 7, 2.4.19 smp 7, 2.4.20 2, 2.4.20 smp 2, 2.4.20 cvs 2).  Each
individual kernel plus modules/config file/System.map file are in tarballs
on the PlumpOS site, plus a pre-made ISO with all the kernels (weighing in
at 45.4MB gzipped) and a tar.gz which allows you to customize and make your
own ISO (weighing in at only 6.1MB) with the 2.4.20 cvs 2 kernel included
by default.  That includes a version with the still experimental migshm
patch from the MAASK Group's openMosix shared memory migration project.

Then there is the project website and the humorous new logo.  The site
includes FAQ, List, Downloads and much more information including thank you
notes acknowledging PlumpOS' predecessor and the logo artists.

PlumpOS is a CD-based Linux/openMosix mini-distribution designed to allow
users to quickly, or temporarily, add nodes to an existing openMosix Linux
Cluster.

More information is available at: http://plumpos.sourceforge.net/

openMosix is a Linux kernel extension for single-system image (SSI)
clustering that allows building a cluster from ordinary networked
computers.  Applications benefit without modification specifically for
openMosix.