ing code in their spare time. The efficiency of network drivers, process loading, context switching, and overall memory management all make Linux an attractive platform for computationally intensive tasks. These characteristics, along with the low cost, are largely the reasons why Linux is the predominant operating system used to build Beowulf clusters.
4.10 Suggested References
We have only touched on the most basic information necessary to become familiar with Linux. There are many excellent books and documents describing in much greater detail all that is necessary to install, use, and administer the Linux operating system. In order to help you get started, we have provided a list of references that either we have found useful or others we know have found useful in the course of setting up and using their Linux systems. By no means is this an exhaustive list. The absence of a Linux information source from this list should not be taken as an indication that it is lacking in quality.
