Comments are welcome on the support strategy outlined below.

We support the following Linux versions

• Scientific Linux 4
  • “legacy” version, only supported where research project code demands it.
  • i386 (32-bit) only.
  • now not recommended for desktop workstations.
  • some third party applications such as Adobe Flash are no longer supported for this version.

• Scientific Linux 5
  • “mainstream” version for long-term support
  • i386 and X86_64
  • Some libraries and desktop applications (eg java plugin for firefox) may not be available on 64-bit (X86_64) installs.

• Fedora Core 9/10
  • “cutting-edge” version
  • probably for X86_64 only
  • short support lifecycle and frequent updates.
  • research code compatibility should be the end-users responsibility.

• Tru64 5.1B-6
  • This is now not supported for most end-user applications which are available on linux. Eg Mathematica, LaTeX, email, text-editing, etc.
    • 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, and if a package is available from them, we will install it.
  • Provided for legacy code (for example, applications based on alpha fortran code) only.