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'''Scientific Linux''' ('''SL''') is a discontinued Linux distribution produced by [[Fermilab]], [[CERN]], {{W|article=DESY}} and by {{W|article=ETH Zurich}}. It is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[operating system]] based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]].<ref name="slfaq">{{cite web|url = https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-community/|title = General Questions about Scientific Linux (Community)|website = Scientific Linux}}</ref>

This product is derived from the free and open-source software made available by [[Red Hat]], but is not produced, maintained or supported by them.

Stop In April 2019, it was announced that feature development for Scientific Linux would be discontinued, but that maintenance will continue to be provided for the 6.x and 7.x releases through the end of their life cycles. [[Fermilab]] and [[CERN]] will utilize CentOS Stream<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Glenn |date=October 25, 2021 |title=Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution |url=https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS;4c8eeca4.2110 |url-status=live |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=listserv.fnal.gov}}</ref> and AlmaLinux<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution|url=http://news.fnal.gov/2022/12/fermilab-cern-recommendation-for-linux-distribution|website=news.fnal.gov|date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref> for their deployment of 8.x release instead.

Scientific Linux is a [[Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory|Fermilab]] sponsored project.  

{{Official URL|text=scientificlinux.org|url=https://scientificlinux.org/}}

== Stakeholders ==
The primary user base is within the High Energy and High Intensity Physics community, however their users come from a wide variety of industries with various use cases all over the globe.

== Mission ==
Driven by Fermilab’s scientific mission and focusing on the changing needs of experimental facilities, Scientific Linux should provide a world class environment for scientific computing needs.

== Goals ==

*    Provide a stable, scalable, and extensible operating system for scientific computing
*    Support scientific research by providing methods and procedures for enabling the integration of scientific applications with the operating environment
*    Use the free exchange of ideas, designs, and implementations to prepare a computing platform for the next generation of scientific computing

== Relationship to Red Hat ==
The group informally calls Red Hat “The Upstream Vendor” or “TUV”.  Their references to TUV are intended to make it clear that Scientific Linux is in no way affiliated, supported, or sanctioned by upstream.  By not using their name they hope to make this distinction as clear as possible.

== History ==
[[Fermilab]] already had a Linux distribution known as [[Fermi Linux]], a long-term support release based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]. [[CERN]] was creating their next version of CERN Linux, also based on RHEL. CERN contacted Fermilab about doing a collaborative release. Connie Sieh was the main developer and driver behind the first prototypes and initial release.{{r|LINUXCOM}} The first official release of Scientific Linux was version 3.0.1, released on May 10, 2004.

In 2015, CERN began migrating away from Scientific Linux to [[CentOS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/slc-nextversion.shtml|title=Scientific Linux @ CERN: Next Version|publisher=[[CERN]]|access-date=January 15, 2017|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221221503/https://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/slc-nextversion.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/centos7/ |title=CC7: CERN CentOS 7 |publisher=[[CERN]] |access-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref>

Scientific Linux is now maintained by a cooperative of science labs and universities. Fermilab is its primary sponsor.<ref name="LINUXCOM">{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/learn/scientific-linux-great-distro-wrong-name|title=Scientific Linux, the Great Distro With the Wrong Name|author=Carla Schroder|website=Linux.com|date=March 23, 2012}}</ref>
== Contacts ==

* https://scientificlinux.org/about/who-makes-scientific-linux/
* https://scientificlinux.org/about/support/

==Related links==

* [[Fermi Linux]]

== External links ==
* [https://scientificlinux.org/ Official website]

== References ==
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