It is easy to see that few here have any experiance with clusters or clustering. There should be no reason that it could not run Linux. Rocks Cluster Linux or openMosix should do just fine. And YES it could play DOOM. In fact several games at the same time. And give you graphic frame rates that would bolw your minds. And at aprox $10K USD, the price really is'nt that bad.
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It is easy to see that few here have any experiance with clusters or clustering. There should be no reason that it could not run Linux. Rocks Cluster Linux or openMosix should do just fine. And YES it could play DOOM. In fact several games at the same time. And give you graphic frame rates that would bolw your minds. And at aprox $10K USD, the price really is'nt that bad.
Try this on this url for size ...
http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/articles/video/0,1000002009,39287794,00.htm
Then come back and let's have an informed discussion.