Big fan of Ubuntu here. The Long Term Support versions work very well and everything you need is on them. At the same time Debian tends to be less conservative that the Red Had universe which typically makes it easier to get modern things running. Also the Ubuntu on WSL (Windows) is a lifesaver and is really easy to use.
We are bringing more and more of our software the Debian repository. It makes it much easier to deploy. Cheers, Robbie > -----Original Message----- > From: CCP4 bulletin board <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tim > Gruene > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2021 16:36 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] Linux Distro for setting up workstations - Is CentOS > still > a good choice? > > Hi Matthias, > > I have been using Debian for more than a decade. Every stable release is > supported for at least 5 years. > Many crystallographic libraries and some programs are part of the standard > repository, like raster3d, pymol, shelxle, libccp4, libclipper, ... > > Debian is particularly stable, and requires little maintenance. > > Cheers, > Tim > > On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:35:46 +0100 > Matthias Zeug <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I just came across the (already quite old) news that Red-Hat switches > > their support-policy for CentOS to a rolling preview model (replacing > > CentOS Linux by CentOS Stream): > > > > https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-red-hat-dumped-centos-for-centos- > str > > eam/ > > > > https://www.enterpriseai.news/2021/01/22/red-hats-disruption-of-centos > > -unlea > > shes-storm-of-dissent/ > > > > > > > > I wondered if that has any implications for the community, as > > scientific programs - maybe except the big ones like coot, Phenix, and > > ccp4 - are often not *that* well maintained for an extended period. I > > had the impression CentOS was liked especially for its > > "unbreakability," and it seems to be the main developing platform for > > some widely used smaller programs (e.g., adxv). > > > > > > > > Do you think it would be advisable to switch to a Ubuntu-distro when > > setting up new workstations in the future, or is it safe to stick to > > CentOS? > > > > > > > > Please let me know what you think :-) > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Matthias > > > > > > > > > > > > Matthias Zeug > > > > Buchmann Institute of Molecular Life Sciences > > > > Goethe University Frankfurt > > > > > > > > > > > ############################################################### > ####### > > ## > > > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a > > mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are > > available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ > > > > -- > -- > Tim Gruene > Head of the Centre for X-ray Structure Analysis Faculty of Chemistry > University of Vienna > > Phone: +43-1-4277-70202 > > GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A > > ############################################################### > ######### > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a > mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
