GeekoCFD
GeekoCFD is a live distribution based on openSUSE – 64 bit, whose purpose is to provide easy and immediate access to open-source Computational Fluid Dynamics tools. It includes cantor, gmsh, grace, gsl, wxMaxima, Octave with an almost complete selection of octave-forge packages, OpenFOAM®, Paraview, pyFoam, R. Additionally, gcc, DDD, Eclipse Helios with CDT, Emacs, git, kate, vim and a complete openSUSE KDE installation are provided, including Gimp, LibreOffice and Blender.
All trademarks belong to their respective owners. This offering is not approved or endorsed by OpenCFD Limited, the producer of the OpenFOAM software and owner of the OPENFOAM® and OpenCFD® trade marks.
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USB & flash
USB & flash image
This is a live raw disk image, ready to be written to a USB stick or flash storage.
CD & DVD
ISO image
Burn this ISO file to a DVD (or CD, if the space allows), and you'll be able to boot directly from the disc.
Hard disk
Complete disk image
This is an image of your disk, ready to be written to your hard drive. This will erase all data on a hard disk. It will resize to fit the disk size at first boot.
Preload ISO
A bootable ISO containing the appliance disk image. Boots into a simple graphical environment and prompts for confirmation before writing the image onto the hard drive. Useful for performing automated system installs/preloads.
Warning: Overwrites all data on the target hard drive.
Virtual
VMware / VirtualBox / KVM image
Whether you use VMware, VirtualBox, or KVM, this vmdk is a ready-to-use virtual appliance.
Release notes
Changelog
Version 3.0.0 (Public release)
- OpenFOAM upgraded to version 2.1.x
- OpenFOAM ThirdParty package upgraded to 2.1.x
- Upgraded packages according to openSUSE 12.1 release
*Main features
- System
o OpenSUSE 12.1 – 64 bit
o Kernel 3.1.0
o gcc 4.6.2
o KDE 4.7.2 - Scientific software
o cantor
o gmsh 2.5.0
o grace
o gsl
o wxMaxima and Maxima
o Octave
o OpenFOAM® 2.1.x
o Paraview 3.12
o pyFoam
o R - Development tools
o DDD
o Eclipse Helios with CDT
o Emacs
o git
o kate
o vim with gitdiff
o kompare - Other software
o Blender
o Firefox 9.0.1
o Gimp
o ImageMagick
o LibreOffice 3.4.2
Dropped packages with respect to Version 2.2.0:
- octave-forge (not available as RPM)
- SUN Java (replaced by OpenJDK 1.7)
*This version signs the end of support and availability of the images of version 1.0.6, based on openSUSE 11.3, since openSUSE 11.3 reached its end of life.
Technical Details
Appliance configuration
Accounts
| User | Password |
|---|---|
| geeko | geekoPassword |
| root | rootPassword |
Basic settings
| Keyboard: | english-us |
|---|---|
| Time zone: | Europe/Berlin |
| Language: | en_US.UTF-8 |
| Network: | network_manager |
| Firewall: | enabled |
Software
4 patterns, 1621 packagesView package list…
Security summary
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Includes the following unofficial sources:
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No custom software packages were uploaded.
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Overlay files were uploaded, but none are executable.
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No custom scripts were enabled.
Version 3.0.0
Testdrive
Older releases
- Version 2.2.0 – 183 days old
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Everyone's comments
The new 1.0.6 release :
*allows overlayed applications (OpenFOAM, gmsh, eclipse, …) to be accessed directly from their terminal for all new users created using system tools (YaST).
Thanks!
Hi Peter,
if you try the images, any feedback or report about problems you encounter is welcome :-)
Alberto
Thanks Alberto ,
Looking forward to getting to grips with OpenFoam
Thanks for your help! :-)
Glad to see you finally got this going!