Dear Tom Be aware that python2 is currently not supported. It is end-of-life since 1/1-2020 and is not part of Ubuntu 20.04
This might not be a big concern, bit depends on which software you use. Best regards Folmer lør. 20. feb. 2021 21.50 skrev Peat, Tom (Manufacturing, Parkville) <[email protected]>: > Speaking of Linux, but somewhat tangential to the thread: > Ubuntu has recently released their newest version 20.04 (Focal Fossa). > Has anyone implemented this and is there anything that doesn't work? Any > gotchas that one might want to be aware of? > > Cheers, tom > > Tom Peat, PhD > Proteins Group > Biomedical Program, CSIRO > 343 Royal Parade > Parkville, VIC, 3052 > +613 9662 7304 > +614 57 539 419 > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > *From:* CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Tim Gruene > *Sent:* Sunday, February 21, 2021 2:35 AM > *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-stream/ > > > > > 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 > ######################################################################## 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/
