Draft2:Scientific Linux
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Scientific Linux (SL) is a discontinued Linux distribution produced by Fermilab, CERN, DESY
and by ETH Zurich. It is a free and open-source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[1]
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[2] and AlmaLinux[3] for their deployment of 8.x release instead.
Scientific Linux is a Fermilab sponsored project.
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.[4] 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.[5][6]
Scientific Linux is now maintained by a cooperative of science labs and universities. Fermilab is its primary sponsor.[4]
Contacts
- https://scientificlinux.org/about/who-makes-scientific-linux/
- https://scientificlinux.org/about/support/
Related links
External links
References
- ↑ "General Questions about Scientific Linux (Community)". https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-community/.
- ↑ Cooper, Glenn (October 25, 2021). "Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution". https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS;4c8eeca4.2110.
- ↑ "Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution". December 7, 2022. http://news.fnal.gov/2022/12/fermilab-cern-recommendation-for-linux-distribution.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Carla Schroder (March 23, 2012). "Scientific Linux, the Great Distro With the Wrong Name". https://www.linux.com/learn/scientific-linux-great-distro-wrong-name.
- ↑ "Scientific Linux @ CERN: Next Version". CERN. https://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/slc-nextversion.shtml.
- ↑ "CC7: CERN CentOS 7". CERN. http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/centos7/.
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