Scientific Linux
| Scientific Linux | |
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 Scientific Linux 7.0 (Nitrogen) |
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| developer | Fermilab and CERN |
| License (s) | GPL ( Free Software ) |
| Current version | 7.8 (April 20, 2020) |
| ancestry |
GNU / Linux ↳ Red Hat Linux ↳ Fedora ↳ RHEL ↳ Scientific Linux |
| Architecture (s) | IA-32 , AMD64 |
| www.scientificlinux.org | |
Scientific Linux ( SL ) is a Linux distribution based on the distribution Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) the company Red Hat is based and to this binary compatible is. Distribution is mainly being further developed by developers at Fermilab , CERN , ETH Zurich and DESY .
background
The commercial Linux distribution RHEL can only be purchased in connection with support contracts . However, Red Hat provides all source packages from RHEL in the network in order to meet the requirements of various licenses for free software - contained in RHEL - and thus makes it possible to develop a Linux distribution that is binary compatible with RHEL on this basis. With its binary compatibility, Scientific Linux enables computers with a RHEL-compatible Linux distribution to be used without having to sign a support contract with Red Hat. In addition to financial savings, there is also the advantage that all software that is offered for RHEL can be used directly and without restrictions under Scientific Linux.
Scientific Linux's goal
Scientific Linux was created in the environment of various research laboratories and universities and was created to meet the various requirements of these institutions:
- Not every institute and laboratory has to create its own distribution - bundling efforts avoids multiple work.
- A common distribution provides all researchers with a common installation base for various experiments.
- The compatibility with RHEL ensures that even enterprise Linux software, which is often only available for RHEL, runs smoothly on Scientific Linux.
- The simple adaptability of the distribution makes it possible for institutions or laboratories to publish a visually adapted variant of the distribution without restricting the other goals.
- Scientific Linux is expanded to include software that is often necessary or practical in science in order to meet the software requirements of scientific institutions.
Enterprise operating system
Scientific Linux is binary compatible with RHEL and is therefore also an enterprise operating system , i.e. an operating system that is geared towards the needs of large companies and government organizations. As an enterprise operating system, it is therefore designed for stability and long maintenance cycles. Scientific Linux can be used for ten years without having to migrate packages or software versions , which is why it is suitable for commercial use. Large software houses such as Oracle or SAP offer certificates for RHEL , which guarantee that their software works without any problems on RHEL, which also applies to large server manufacturers. Enterprise operating systems are therefore mostly found on workstations and servers where extremely stable operation is required (e.g. science , research , stock exchange , military or space travel ). In contrast to RHEL, most software and hardware manufacturers neither provide certificates nor support for Scientific Linux. Due to the binary compatibility with RHEL, however, it can often benefit directly from the requirements that are created for RHEL.
History of Scientific Linux
Scientific Linux was created in the environment of various universities and research institutes such as CERN and Fermilab. At the beginning it was based on the Linux distribution "Fermi Linux LTS 3.0.1" (code name " Feynman "), which had been expanded to include a few programs and updates. After that, however, a decision was made to use the sources from RHEL in order to become binary compatible with this Linux distribution, since most enterprise Linux software is offered for RHEL.
End of development
In April 2019 it was announced that no further versions of Scientific Linux would be developed, but instead that CentOS would be used in the future ; the resources freed up as a result benefit this project. The support for Scientific Linux 6 and 7 is to be continued until the intended end.
Areas of application
Scientific Linux is used alongside RHEL and Debian on the International Space Station (ISS), as NASA announced.
Versions
Older version; no longer supported.
Older version; still supported
Current version
Future version
| version | Code name | RHEL version | Linux kernel version | publication | Support until (full support) |
Support to (extended support) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0.1 | lithium | 3.1 | 2.4.9 | May 10, 2004 | July 20, 2006 | October 31, 2010 |
| 3.0.9 | 3.9 | October 12, 2007 | ||||
| 4.0 | beryllium | 4.0 | 2.6.9 | March 1, 2005 | March 31, 2009 | February 29, 2012 |
| 4.9 | 4.9 | March 21, 2011 | ||||
| 5.0 | Boron | 5.0 | 2.6.18 | May 14, 2007 | March 31, 2017 | November 30, 2020 |
| 5.1 | 5.1 | January 16, 2008 | ||||
| 5.2 | 5.2 | June 26, 2008 | ||||
| 5.3 | 5.3 | March 19, 2009 | ||||
| 5.4 | 5.4 | November 4, 2009 | ||||
| 5.5 | 5.5 | May 19, 2010 | ||||
| 5.6 | 5.6 | June 21, 2011 | ||||
| 5.7 | 5.7 | September 14, 2011 | ||||
| 5.8 | 5.8 | April 24, 2012 | ||||
| 5.9 | 5.9 | 5th February 2013 | ||||
| 5.10 | 5.10 | 11th. November.2013 | ||||
| 5.11 | 5.11 | 4th November 2014 | ||||
| 6.0 | Carbon | 6.0 | 2.6.32 | March 3, 2011 | November 30, 2020 | The date is expected to be at the end of 2023 |
| 6.1 | 6.1 | July 28, 2011 | ||||
| 6.2 | 6.2 | February 16, 2012 | ||||
| 6.3 | 6.3 | August 8, 2012 | ||||
| 6.4 | 6.4 | March 28, 2013 | ||||
| 6.5 | 6.5 | December 12th 2013 | ||||
| 6.6 | 6.6 | November 12, 2014 | ||||
| 6.7 | 6.7 | 11th August 2015 | ||||
| 6.8 | 6.8 | July 7, 2016 | ||||
| 6.9 | 6.9 | 17th April 2017 | ||||
| 6.10 | 6.10 | July 10, 2018 | ||||
| 7.0 | Nitrogen | 7.0 | 3.10.0 | October 13, 2014 | June 30, 2024 | The date is expected to be in mid-2027 |
| 7.1 | 7.1 | April 13, 2015 | ||||
| 7.2 | 7.2 | 5th February 2016 | ||||
| 7.3 | 7.3 | January 25, 2017 | ||||
| 7.4 | 7.4 | 2nd October 2017 | ||||
| 7.5 | 7.5 | May 10, 2018 | ||||
| 7.6 | 7.6 | 3rd December 2018 | ||||
| 7.7 | 7.7 | 26th August 2019 | ||||
| 7.8 | 7.8 | April 20, 2020 |
The code name of the respective versions of Scientific Linux follows from the scientific name of the chemical element whose ordinal number corresponds to the version number.
See also
Web links
- Scientific Linux Homepage (English)
- Scientific Linux Live CD / DVD (English)
- scientificlinuxforum.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Patrick Riehecky: SL 7.8 x86_64 is now available. In: Scientific Linux Mailing List. April 20, 2020, accessed on August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Who Makes Scientific Linux? Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
- ↑ Scientific Linux - The Experiment that worked (PDF). (PDF; 344 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 3, 2012 ; accessed on May 19, 2011 (English).
- ↑ Independent History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 12, 2014 ; accessed on May 19, 2011 (English): "Scientific Linux's History"
- ^ The end of Scientific Linux
- ↑ Research Linux: No Scientific Linux 8. Heise, accessed on April 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Space station ISS is increasingly relying on Linux. Heise Online, accessed on May 27, 2013 .
- ↑ a b Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle. Red Hat Inc., accessed October 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Scientific Linux 5.11 Release Notes. (No longer available online.) Fermilab and CERN, November 13, 2014, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on October 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Scientific Linux 6.7. Release Notes. (No longer available online.) Fermilab and CERN, August 11, 2015, archived from the original on September 28, 2015 ; accessed on August 26, 2015 .
- ↑ Scientific Linux 6.8. Release Notes. Fermilab and CERN, July 7, 2016, accessed on July 19, 2016 .
- ↑ Scientific Linux 6.9. Release Notes. Fermilab and CERN, April 17, 2017, accessed on April 18, 2017 .
- ↑ Scientific Linux 7.1 Release Notes. Fermilab and CERN, April 3, 2015, accessed October 2, 2015 .
- ↑ Pat Riehecky: Scientific Linux 7.2 x86_64 official release. Fermilab, February 5, 2016, accessed February 7, 2016 .
- ↑ Scientific Linux 7.3 x86_64 is officially released , announcement by Pat Riehecky
- ↑ Scientific Linux 7.4 Release Notes , Scientific Linux Team (English)
- ↑ Pat Riehecky, Scientific Linux 7.7 now released , Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (English)