Who Uses Scientific Linux, and How/Why?

Hello, The variation in uses of t Scientific Linux is quite interesting. As mentioned before, we are using it for fluid dynamics modelling and oceanography, in the context of parallel computing with OpenMP and MPICH. I am curious to see what everyone else have been using it for. Perhaps, if

Problematic 'yum' repository paths using --installroot option

Hello, I am attempting to build an exported file system for diskless nodes. My distribution is SL 7.7 and the command I am using is: yum install @Base kernel dracut-network nfs-utils --installroot=/node_root --releasever=/ The repository problem manifests as a mistranslation of the

RE: Is Scientfic Linux Still Active as a Distribution?

Hello, I can't say I'm negative toward CentOS, I used it back in the late 90s (? Maybe early 00s), as an alternative to RedHat at that time. It's more a familiarity thing. I have used more Debian based Linux distros since the mid 1990s than anything else. I will certainly look into CentOS as

RE: Is Scientfic Linux Still Active as a Distribution?

Hello, Thanks to everyone for clarifying the future status of SL. I guess it's time to start researching he docs for Ubuntu/Debian or something. Looks like we need to revise our computing cluster plan. The computer here is pretty small with only two nodes and a controller totalling 112 CPUs.