Editing Scientific Linux (section)

==Design philosophy==
The primary purpose of Scientific Linux is to produce a common Linux distribution for various labs and universities around the world, thus reducing duplicated effort. The main goals are to have everything compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux with only minor additions and changes, and to allow easy customization for a site, without disturbing the Linux base.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificlinux.org/|title=Welcome to Scientific Linux (SL)|website=Scientifix Linux}}</ref> Unlike other distributions such as [[Poseidon Linux]], it does not contain a large collection of scientific software as its name may suggest.<ref name="slfaq"/><ref name="dedoimedo"/> However, it provides good compatibility to install such software.