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Our target desktop processors will be x86 CPUs running RedHat linux, with the GTK window system (see Details). The executables may be housed on either AFS or NFS filesystems (see Filesystem). Each user (including control room heads) additionally requires require their own configuration file area - therefore the precise configuration seen by each head may be unique therefore. This is a feature of XAL and the other desktop technologies we'll use. That configuration file area will be NFS because a long-lived executable (>25hrs - the AFS token lifetime) must be able to write to it at any time.
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