OpenMP is basically fine-grained, in that parallel parts of the application are created and destroyed multiple times throughout a run. …
MPI is generally a coarse-grained, as the parallelism where MPI is used would be higher up in the algorithm. Using MPI for an application requires a developer to think more about the individual servers and how to distribute parts of the application to these servers.
So, which is better?
Zorin OS is a Linux distribution that uses Ubuntu as its base and tries to provide a user interface which will be familiar to former Windows users. The latest release of Zorin OS, version 11, is based on Ubuntu 15.10 and features a number of tweaks to the to the desktop environment. “We’re excited to finally announce the release of Zorin OS 11 with the availability of the Zorin OS 11 Core and Ultimate editions. With Zorin OS 11, we’ve focused on improving the overall desktop user experience,…
All good things must come to an end, and so SUSE and the openSUSE Linux community today, February 3, 2016, announced that they will no longer support the openSUSE 13.1 operating system.
This is not the first time we report the end of life for the openSUSE 13.1 Linux distribution, as we wrote a similar article back in November 2015, when the openSUSE Project dropped news on the end-of-life support for the operating system, which was supposed to be January 5, 2016.
Are you a Windows power-user? You can get and install Linux Mint running on your PC — either to try it out, or as a replacement for Windows.
I think Linux Mint isn’t just a great desktop, it’s a great replacement for Windows. With Microsoft pushing Windows 10 on existing users, people are starting to explore alternatives to Windows. I got a number of requests about switching out Windows 7 for Linux Mint 17.3. Here’s how to do it.
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The conversation around the adoption of OpenStack, the open source cloud technology platform, continues to gain momentum. Analysts at Forrester recently declared it “enterprise-ready” while many enterprise companies have taken the leap and deployed it. One thing that seems to be a dominant theme is that there are not enough professionals with OpenStack skills to keep up with demand.
A recent SUSE report recently cited that 86 percent of senior IT professionals looking to move business-critical workloads to the private cloud say that a lack of available skillset is making their company reluctant to pursue it. In an effort to mitigate this OpenStack talent shortage and increase access to learning, The Linux Foundation recently launched an online self-paced course covering OpenStack Administration Fundamentals.
If you’re not ready to dive into training just yet or if you’re still deciding whether OpenStack is the right choice for your organization, join us for a free webinar with our guest Tim Serewicz, who teaches OpenStack and Linux performance and tuning courses for The Linux Foundation Training. He will address the most common OpenStack questions and concerns:
I think I need OpenStack but where do I even start?
What are the problems that OpenStack solves?
History & Growth of OpenStack: Where has it been and where is it going?
What are the hurdles?
What are the sore points?
Why is it worth the effort?
Register today to save your spot in this engaging and interactive webinar on Thursday, February 25 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific. Can’t make it? Registering will also ensure you get a copy of the recording via email after the presentation is over.
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