Re: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux

2024-04-28 Thread Guillaume Gaullier
Hello, I don’t know if crystallographic software is commonly GPU-accelerated. Most software we use to process cryoEM data is and requires CUDA, which only works on Nvidia hardware with their driver. Also seems to be the case for a lot of deep learning software. Like it or not, it’s simply a

Re: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux

2024-04-26 Thread Kay Diederichs
Hope this helps, > >Andy > > >From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Harry Powell ><193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> >Sent: 26 April 2024 16:46 >To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK >Subject: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux > > >External Se

Re: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux

2024-04-26 Thread Tim Gruene
Hi Harry, I started using Debian about 10-15 years ago, and never changed my opinion since. I had tested various others before, like redhat, suse, ubuntu etc. The stable version of Debian is indeed very stable, as there are no version changes, only bug fixes etc. The new release is about every

Re: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux

2024-04-26 Thread Jonathan Clinger
If you want to keep as close to scientific linux as possible, I would suggest Alma or Rocky Linux. Those were the two options my group considered when the writing was on the wall for scientific linux and we were ramping up our workstations. We ended up going with Alma, but I'm not sure it is any

Re: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux

2024-04-26 Thread Jon Cooper
Hello Harry Any of the top 50 on distrowatch.com will basically be fine and the next 20 or so on the list will probably be fine. Then you start getting into the twilight zone. I am sure that will help greatly to narrow down your choice ;-0 Best wishes, Jon Cooper. jon.b.coo...@protonmail.com

Re: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux

2024-04-26 Thread Andy Purkiss
the default OS. Hope this helps, Andy From: CCP4 bulletin board on behalf of Harry Powell <193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> Sent: 26 April 2024 16:46 To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux External Sende

[ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux

2024-04-26 Thread Harry Powell
Hi folks For many years I’ve been using Scientific Linux as my OS of choice (when not using my Mac) - but it’s been discontinued. SL was based on RHEL, and had useful things like a less-buggy Fortran/C/C++ compiler than that released by RH. What do people here recommend as a replacement?