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 fact. So if you use such software, then one important criterion to help narrow down the list from distrowatch is to pick a distribution that Nvidia officially supports with their driver.
See here for supported distributions: https://developer.nvidia.com/cuda-downloads?target_os=Linux&target_arch=x86_64 This leaves the usual suspects as compatible options, with the notable exception of Alma Linux. So, if you hesitate between Alma and Rocky, having an Nvidia GPU and software using CUDA is a situation in favor of Rocky. A recent nice development is that Nvidia now offers an open-source version of their driver. I have been using it on Rocky 9 and it works smoothly (and I was surprised it took so little time between the announcement and the actually usable release). As Tim suggested, Debian would also be a fine option, with a supported Nvidia driver. It would be a bit less familiar than Rocky for someone coming from Scientific Linux. The smooth upgrade between major versions is a good reason to choose Debian (among other good reasons). As far as I know, Rocky doesn’t let you upgrade to the next major version, but with an adequate partition scheme you can do a "clean" installation without touching the home directories for the same result (it is just a bit more work than one command, and more critical to back up the home directories beforehand). Regarding the heartbleed vulnerability, some versions of Debian were affected, but a fix was released promptly: https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2014/msg00071.html CentOS as well: https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-April/020248.html Rocky and Alma didn’t exist back then. I hope this helps, Guillaume On 26 Apr 2024, at 19:18, Jonathan Clinger <clinge...@gmail.com<mailto:clinge...@gmail.com>> wrote: 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 better than Rocky. We'll have to wait and see how much they diverge over time. If you are ok with moving to something more different, Ubuntu or one of its derivations would probably do just fine. Cheers! -Jonathan Clinger On Fri, Apr 26, 2024 at 9:58 AM Jon Cooper <0000488a26d62010-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:0000488a26d62010-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk>> wrote: Hello Harry Any of the top 50 on distrowatch.com<http://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<mailto:jon.b.coo...@protonmail.com> Sent from Proton Mail mobile -------- Original Message -------- On 26 Apr 2024, 16:46, Harry Powell < 0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk<mailto:0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk>> wrote: 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? Harry ######################################################################## 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<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB>, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk<http://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 VARNING: Klicka inte på länkar och öppna inte bilagor om du inte känner igen avsändaren och vet att innehållet är säkert. CAUTION: Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender and know the content is safe. När du har kontakt med oss på Uppsala universitet med e-post så innebär det att vi behandlar dina personuppgifter. För att läsa mer om hur vi gör det kan du läsa här: http://www.uu.se/om-uu/dataskydd-personuppgifter/ E-mailing Uppsala University means that we will process your personal data. For more information on how this is performed, please read here: http://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/data-protection-policy ######################################################################## 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/
