| Operating System | Software | Hardware |
|---|---|---|
| Linux |
For program compilation on a Blue Gene/P front-end node: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 Service Pack 1 (SLES10 SP1) for IBM POWER, and an instance of SLES10 gcc 4.1.2 For application execution on a Blue Gene/P system: GNU Toolchain built for Blue Gene/P based on gcc 4.1.1 and glibc 2.4 Frames-capable browser to view HTML-based online documentation Adobe Acrobat Reader to view documentation in Portable Document Format (PDF) Graphical desktop environment such as K Desktop Environment (KDE) |
IBM Blue Gene/P system 300 MB disk space |

