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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 Scientific Linux, which is an RHEL derivative similar to CentOS. | We support Scientific Linux, which is an RHEL derivative similar to CentOS. | ||
| + | * **CentOS 7** | ||
| + | * CentOS7 will replace Scientific Linux 6. | ||
| + | * CentOS8 Stream may be supported in the future. | ||
| - | * **Scientific Linux 6** | + | * **Scientific Linux 6 has reached End of Life** |
| - | * this is our mainstream version for desktop workstations | + | * this is our mainstream version for compute servers and desktop workstations |
| * we only install the x64 version of SL6, not the 32-bit version. | * we only install the x64 version of SL6, not the 32-bit version. | ||
| * Support runs until 11/2020 | * Support runs until 11/2020 | ||
| - | * **Scientific Linux 5** | + | * **Scientific Linux 5 has reached End of Life** |
| - | * this currently is our mainstream | + | * legacy |
| * i386 and X86_64 | * i386 and X86_64 | ||
| * Some libraries and desktop applications may not be available on 64-bit (X86_64) installs | * Some libraries and desktop applications may not be available on 64-bit (X86_64) installs | ||
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| * Support runs until 03/2017 | * Support runs until 03/2017 | ||
| - | * **Scientific Linux 4** | + | * **Scientific Linux 4 has reached End of Life** |
| * no longer supported as of February 2012 | * no longer supported as of February 2012 | ||
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| - | ===== Tru64 Unix ===== | ||
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| - | * **Tru64 5.1B-6** | ||
| - | * This is now **not supported** for most end-user applications which are available on linux. Eg Mathematica, | ||
| - | * To be more specific, we no longer support any custom software installations on these systems. We do have a collection of prebuilt software available from www.thewrittenword.com, | ||
| - | * Provided for legacy code (for example, applications based on alpha fortran code) only. | ||
| - | * If you have code which runs on Tru64, you should be planning to port it to linux. | ||
| - | * **Support expected to end sometime in 2012** | ||
| ===== FreeBSD ===== | ===== FreeBSD ===== | ||
| - | * FreeBSD | + | * FreeBSD |
| * Some departmental infrastructure runs on FreeBSD. | * Some departmental infrastructure runs on FreeBSD. | ||
| - | * Not normally | + | * Most systems are not accessible for login by non-IT staff. |
| - | * 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 it may be worth keeping this in mind. | + | * 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. |