Conversation
corbet

Jonathan Corbet

The end of support for CentOS 7 has gotten a lot of attention — and perhaps caught a lot of people off-guard. But yesterday was also the EOL for Scientific Linux, which is kind of the end of an era. Scientific Linux was the main alternative to CentOS back in the day, and was widely used. FNAL got out of the distribution business and never put out a RHEL 8 clone, so Scientific Linux is now entirely gone. Thanks to FNAL for having supported such a useful distribution for so long!

https://scientificlinux.org/
1
18
20
soaproot@sfba.social

soaproot

Reply to @corbet

@corbet Today I Learned about AlmaLinux which I guess is what Fermilab is moving to. One of its interesting features is that they set up a consortium to fund it.

0
0
0
About social.kernel.org

Terms of service

  1. Please do not use this service in violation of the Linux Kernel Code of Conduct. Doing so will result in your account suspension with the referral of the matter to the CoC committee.

  2. "Repeating"/"boosting" someone else's status on this platform will be treated as endorsement and will fall under rule #1.

  3. You are encouraged to use this platform to promote your work on the Linux Kernel, but there is no restriction on permitted topics (with the exception of anything covered by #1 above).

  4. There is no requirement to post in English, but it should be considered the primary language of communication on this platform.

Privacy notice

The admins of this service have access to all posted statuses. They aren't looking, but if it's something they shouldn't know about, then you should not post it on this platform.

Please see the Linux Foundation Privacy Policy, which applies to this platform as well.

Getting your own account

If you would like an account on this instance, please check that the following applies to you:

  • You are listed in MAINTAINERS or CREDITS

  • OR: You have a kernel.org account or email address

  • OR: You have a long and established history of involvement with the Linux Kernel

If the above is true and you agree with the Terms of Service and Privacy Notice listed above, please use these instructions to request an account: