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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> beowulf-bounces@beowulf.org
[mailto:beowulf-bounces@beowulf.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Rajib
Bandopadhyay<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, February 24, 2009 1:11 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
beowulf@beowulf.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Beowulf] Can Beowulf with Linux run all
the desktop applications<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Dear friends,<BR>Can Beowulf with Linux run all the desktop
applications? Will they run faster?<BR>Regards,<BR>Rajib
Bandopadhyay<BR></BODY></HTML>