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{{Infobox OS |
name = Quantian |
screenshot = <!-- Image with unknown copyright status removed: [[Image:Screenshot_masa.png|250px]]  -->|
caption = Quantian 7.9.2 |
developer = [[Dirk Eddelbuettel]] |
family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]]) |
source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]] |
working_state = Current |
latest_release_version = 7.9.2 |
latest_release_date = March 1, 2006 |
website = [http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html Quantian Home Page]
}}
'''''Quantian OS''''' was a remastering of [[Knoppix]]/[[Debian]] for computational sciences. The environment was self-configuring and directly bootable CD/DVD that turns any PC or laptop (provided it can boot from cdrom/DVD) into a [[Linux]] [[workstation]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2009}} Quantian also incorporated [[clusterKnoppix]] and added support for [[openMosix]], including remote booting of light clients in an openMosix terminal server context permitting rapid setup of a [[Symmetric multiprocessing|SMP]] [[Cluster (computing)|cluster]] computer.
==Applications==
[[Image:Screenshot_masa_uygu.png|thumb|Some scientific applications in Quantian]]
Numerous software packages for usual or scientific aims come with Quantian. After the installation, total package volume is about 2.7 GB (For the detailed package list see: [http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian/quantian_0.7.9.2.quantian.packages.txt List of all the available packages]).
The packages for "home users" include:
*[[KDE]], the default [[Desktop environment|desktop]] environment and their components
*[[XMMS]], [[Kaffeine]], [[xine]] media players
*[[Internet access]] software, including the [[WvDial|KPPP]] dialer, [[Integrated Services Digital Network|ISDN]] utilities and [[Wireless LAN|WLAN]]
*The [[Mozilla]], [[Mozilla Firefox]] and [[Konqueror]] web browsers
*[[K3b]], for CD (and DVD) management
*The [[GIMP]], an image-manipulation program
*Tools for data rescue and system repair
*Network analysis and administration tools
*[[OpenOffice.org]]
*[[Kile]], [[Lyx]]
Additionally, some of the scientific applications/programs in Quantian are such like:
*[[R (programming language)|R]], statistical computing software
*[[Octave (language)|Octave]], a Matlab clone
*[[Scilab]], another Matlab clone
*[[GNU Scientific Library|GSL]], GNU Scientific Library
*[[Maxima (software)|Maxima]] computer algebra system
*[[Python (language)|Python]] programming language with [[Scipy]]
*[[Fityk]] curve fitter
*[http://bioinformatics.org/ghemical/ghemical/index.html  Ghemical] for computational chemistry
*[[Texmacs]] for wysiwyg scientific editing
*[[GRASS GIS|Grass]] geographic information system
*[[OpenDX]] and [[MayaVi]] data visualisation systems
*[[Gnuplot]], a command-line driven interactive data and function plotting utility
*[[LabPlot]], an application for plotting of data sets and functions
==References==
* [http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html Quantian Home Page]
* [https://master.dl.sourceforge.net/project/archiveos/q/quantian/Quantian_0.7.9.2.iso While discontinued, available without support on this archiveOS page]
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