On 2020-04-15 22:31, George N. White III wrote:
On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 at 11:13, Tim via users
<users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Turritopsis Dohrnii Teo En Ming wrote:
>> Scientific Linux is also a clone of RHEL? Is it free too? I
> haven't
>> heard much of it so I guess it is not very popular.
>
> It's tailored to a specific community, not exclusively, but there's
> a
> definite bias.
Before I retired I was using Scientific Linux for RHEL
"compatibility", but it appears to be orphaned with RHEL/CentOS 8:
https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-ANNOUNCE;11d...
> Scientific Linux is driven by Fermilab's scientific mission and
> focused on the changing needs of experimental facilities.
>
> Fermilab is looking ahead to DUNE[1] and other future international
> collaborations. One part of this is unifying our computing platform
> with collaborating labs and institutions.
>
> Toward that end, we will deploy CentOS 8 in our scientific computing
> environments rather than develop Scientific Linux 8. We will
> collaborate with CERN and other labs to help make CentOS an even
> better platform for high-energy physics computing.
>
> Fermilab will continue to support Scientific Linux 6 and 7 through
> the remainder of their respective lifecycles. Thank you to all who
> have contributed to Scientific Linux and who continue to do so.
In the past, CERN has provided scientific packages for CentOS (these
also worked in RHEL).
--
George N. White III
Wow! Fermilab, the European Center for Nuclear Physics (CERN) and other
high energy physics labs are using CentOS 8.
Looks like I should use CentOS 8 then.
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