Scientific Linux

Scientific Linux
Scientific Linux 7.0 with GNOME
DeveloperFermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) / European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
OS familyLinux (Unix-like)
Working stateDiscontinued
Source modelOpen source
Initial releaseMay 10, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-05-10)
Final release7.9[1] / 20 October 2020; 4 years ago (20 October 2020)
Marketing targetScientific purpose / High Performance Computing / Servers / Desktops[2]
Update methodYum (PackageKit)
Package managerRPM Package Manager
Platformsx86, x86-64
Kernel typeMonolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface
GNOME
LicenseGNU GPL & Various others.
Official websitewww.scientificlinux.org

Scientific Linux (SL) is a discontinued Linux distribution produced by Fermilab, CERN, DESY and by ETH Zurich. It is a free and open-source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.[3]

This product is derived from the free and open-source software made available by Red Hat, but is not produced, maintained or supported by them.

In April 2019, it was announced that feature development for Scientific Linux would be discontinued, but that maintenance will continue to be provided for the 6.x and 7.x releases through the end of their life cycles. Fermilab and CERN will utilize CentOS Stream[4] and AlmaLinux[5] for their deployment of 8.x release instead.

  1. ^ "Scientific Linux 7.9 x86_64 is now available". October 20, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference LINUXCOM was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "General Questions about Scientific Linux (Community)". Scientific Linux.
  4. ^ Cooper, Glenn (October 25, 2021). "Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution". listserv.fnal.gov. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  5. ^ "Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution". news.fnal.gov. December 7, 2022. Retrieved December 7, 2022.