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| ====== Linux and Unix version support ====== | ====== Linux and Unix version support ====== | ||
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| - | Comments are welcome on the support strategy outlined below. | ||
| ===== Linux ===== | ===== Linux ===== | ||
| - | We support | + | We support |
| + | * **CentOS 7** | ||
| + | * CentOS7 will replace Scientific Linux 6. | ||
| + | * CentOS8 Stream may be supported in the future. | ||
| - | * **Scientific Linux 5** | + | * **Scientific Linux 6 has reached End of Life** |
| - | * mainstream version for long-term support | + | * this is our mainstream version for compute servers and desktop workstations |
| + | * we only install the x64 version of SL6, not the 32-bit version. | ||
| + | * Support runs until 11/2020 | ||
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| + | * **Scientific Linux 5 has reached End of Life** | ||
| + | * legacy version for older applications which require it. | ||
| * i386 and X86_64 | * i386 and X86_64 | ||
| - | * Some libraries and desktop applications | + | * Some libraries and desktop applications may not be available on 64-bit (X86_64) installs |
| - | + | * Some features (for example, xfs file systems) are not available on 32-bit | |
| - | * **Scientific Linux 4** | + | * Support runs until 03/2017 |
| - | * legacy version, only supported where research project code demands it | + | |
| - | * i386 (32-bit) only | + | |
| - | * no longer recommended for desktop workstations | + | |
| - | * some third party applications such as Adobe Flash are no longer supported for this version | + | |
| + | * **Scientific Linux 4 has reached End of Life** | ||
| + | * no longer supported as of February 2012 | ||
| - | ===== Tru64 Unix ===== | + | ===== FreeBSD |
| - | * **Tru64 5.1B-6** | + | * FreeBSD 9.x and 10.x, X86_64 64-bit only |
| - | * This is now **not supported** | + | |
| - | * To be more specific, we no longer support any custom software installations | + | * Most systems are not accessible |
| - | * Provided for legacy code (for example, applications based on alpha fortran code) only. | + | * This is only listed so you can be aware some other types of system exist. For example, some department web servers run on linux and some on FreeBSD. Depending on the site, you may have code which is running on a BSD system rather than linux, and may not run in the same way. |