The LHC is using KDE

Posted by Lennart | Filed under *NIX, Free Software, GNU/Linux

I just read that the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) that started it first “live” runs today is using KDE for at least some parts of the projects software. This screenshot of a KDE at CERN/LHC looks like a monitoring program (with a knote ;)):

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/bigbang/gallery.shtml?select=13

I think this is a great prove for stability and flexibility of free software. I mean… The “biggest experiment of all times” seems to use KDE to at least monitor the systems. It is highly presumable that other parts of the LHC systems are using KDE, too.

Do you have other screenshots of the LHC experiment? Comments are welcome!

Check out kde.org and the blog of Aaron Seigo (the KDE hacker I got the information from)

[Edit]
I found some more interesting images:

http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-35141-3.html
http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/fotostrecke-35141-5.html
http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ohptoftimemeasured13sepjy2.png (from slashdot.org)

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Permalink | September 10th, 2008

24 Responses to “The LHC is using KDE”

  1. Philip Ilten Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 10:43 am

    The majority of machines at CERN run on Scientific Linux, including the entirety of the GRID. SL is based on Enterprise Linux and developed primarily by CERN and Fermi Lab in the US.

  2. Падот на Гвадалкивир 2.0 » LHC користи KDE Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 11:00 am

    [...] Слободниот софтвер го поддржува крајот на светот. Срамота!!! [...]

  3. erichansa Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 11:48 am

    Figures the largest experiment in the world would go with KDE’s bloat…

    Heh. Bury me hard all ye KDE nuts, for the only way you’re taking away my Fluxbox is from cold, dead fingers.

  4. ¡KDE en el Large Hadron Collider! Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    [...] menos asombroso es el hecho de que algunas de las primeras imágenes del LHC y de sus paneles de control demuestren que al menos en parte de estos sistemas se hace uso de Linux [...]

  5. El LHC usa KDE « Un Mundo Libre Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm

    [...] kde, open-source, software libre, lhc La curiosidad del día me llega desde Notes on ScopePort (leído en Digg previamente) donde afirman, tras el descubrimiento por parte del gurú de KDE Aaron [...]

  6. Johnny Five Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    Scopeport totally ROCKS! Well done dude.

    Jiff
    http://www.privacy.mx.tc

  7. Miguel Angel Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 3:51 pm

    just wonder…why didn’t they use VISTA….seinfield would applaud it. lol
    Long live Open Source guys, no matter what it is…it make us free, and freedom is scarce today

    Saludos

  8. to Miguel Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm

    Vista is not acceptable because it is not open source project and may contain hostile u.s code. As far as i know no major European Union project uses Windows. So, it doesn’t mean Vista is bad (ok, it is), it means we simply do not trust you.

  9. Sriram Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 5:07 pm

    Well anyway, you wouldnt want a BSOD to pop up just when the particles are about to collide, ye know :)

  10. Miguel Angel Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 5:49 pm

    No offenses! I’m not a Windows user & I’m not North American! I wouldn’t use vista if MS paid for it!! Kidding though, I’m glad that the Linux community keep the teeth sharp

  11. Software libero, Old School Rap… ma che simpatici al CERN! « pollycoke :) Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 10:54 pm

    [...] segnalato in MessageBox da Dass (grazie!), scopro che le ultrasofisticate sale di controllo al CERN fanno uso di software libero! The Dot riporta che gli scienziati usano alcune applicazioni del modulo KDE Education e [...]

  12. Para controlar el LHC se usa KDE « Tuxbelito Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 1:23 am

    [...] menos asombroso es el hecho de que algunas de las primeras imágenes del LHC y de sus paneles de control demuestren que al menos en parte de estos sistemas se hace uso de Linux [...]

  13. Arkay Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 7:50 am

    Well. I wouldn’t trust a Windows OS to turn on my automatic sprinklers. Let alone trust the fate of the world to it! :)

  14. asennadas » Acelerador de partículas do CERN usa SwL Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 8:28 am

    [...] A fonte apunta cara este sitio. [...]

  15. mr.segfault Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

    @Arkay - I did exactly that! and it indeed Blue screened. I came home from work to find my yard very wet.. very….

    Replaced it with linux and it’s been sitting there working for over 8 years.

  16. grootste wetenschappelijke experiment ooit gebruikt open IT. « Open source en standaarden op de UT Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 3:48 pm

    [...] alledaagse open technieken die heel normaal zijn op uw PC worden in dit project gebruikt: zie KDE for monitoring LHC en SVG for LHC detection event display. In dit laatste artikel kun je zien dat de gemiddelde [...]

  17. DannyB Says:
    September 12th, 2008 at 4:05 pm

    > . . . KDE bloat . . .

    Hey, one man’s “bloat” is another man’s “features”.

    Do you suppose all the code in KDE actually DOES something? (ie, has some purpose)

  18. stoned Says:
    September 15th, 2008 at 12:05 pm

    anybody bothered to notice that the CERN website is running IIS?

  19. bulgarian solicitors Says:
    September 17th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    based on my personal experience, if they’re using KDE4, we’re all doomed.

  20. O serie de articole despre linux - The Dark Side Says:
    September 25th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

    [...] The LHC is using KDE [...]

  21. O LHC roda KDE | Overflow Says:
    September 29th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    [...] um post neste site descobri que o CERN está usando KDE no controle do LHC, a famosa máquina do big-bang, o [...]

  22. Yngve Says:
    October 8th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

    I work at CERN and can tell you that most applications for LHC are written in Java, since it in principle is multiplatform. As an operative system, windows is also available (xp of course, still haven’t seen vista on a CERN computer), but in the control room (CCC) I believe that most if not all computers run Scientific Linux CERN (version 4.5). This is though a quite old version of KDE though, I think it is 3.3.1. Link: http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/scientific4/

  23. Во всём виноваты хакеры? | Flycat.Info | КОТорый летает... Says:
    October 22nd, 2008 at 3:17 pm

    [...] Все с радостью узнают, что на LHC используют KDE в системе управления. Ликованию нет предела. [...]

  24. trendsetter09 Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 7:25 am

    Many Friends of me are using KDE. For me is it the best.

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