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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Media
USB & disk image
This is an image of your disk, ready to be written to either a USB drive or your hard disk. When written, it will erase all data on a disk. During the first boot, your partition will bee automatically resized to fill available space.
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.
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 – 285 days old
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Everyone's comments
Hi Lazlow,
the preload ISO is identical to the “USB & Disk image”, but it provides a graphical installer to transfer it to the destination hard-drive. You find more information here: http://blog.susestudio.com/2010/10/new-preload-iso-build-format.html
In short: burn the image to a pendrive (see instructions in the USB & Disk image section), and then boot from that image. The installer should start. Please remember that it will overwrite the whole destination hard-drive.
Best regards,
Alberto
Hi Alberto,
sorry I do not get it…The install option does not come up there are only two options: geekoCFD and failsafe-GeekoCFD.
Shouldn’t I just use the “sudo dd if=/home/suse/myappliance.raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k conv=fdatasync” command to install your appliance on a hard disk just as I wrote it on a USB stick? Will it erase the whole HDD even if I install it (with the dd command) to only a partition of a disk (eg. sda3)? Will it leave sda1 and sda2 partitions as they are? Does it require swap partition?
Thanks.
I would suggest you to install from a live-cd if you want to target a specific partition.
Hi,
thanks I could try this from Preload ISO. What should I do to install it to my hard disk?
“Useful for performing automated system installs/preloads.” but how to do a system install?
Thanks in advance!
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!