I have made one move to SL-7, and it hasn't been great. I live behind a firewall that prevents me from raiding other RH-based repositories, so I lost xmgrace in the process. Also, I could never find something as simple as a periodic table (either gperiodic or kalzium). As a mostly ubunut user, I was pretty disappointed in the package base. It seemd that ubuntu had many more scientific packages than SL. The community, on the other hand, was very helpful. Perhaps a move to CENTOS can bring more packages.
Art Edwards -- Arthur H. Edwards edwards...@fastmail.fm On Tue, Jan 12, 2016, at 08:09 AM, Tim Kanuka wrote: > We have just started our migration to SL7x. We did make the call on > whether to go with Centos or not for 7x. For me, the slightly greater > ease of staying with SL for the migration; the minimalist elegance of the > the SL website and support structure; and no experience at all with > Centos outweighed any perceived benefits of switching. > > Interestingly, CERN has rolled their own Centos anyway. > > Thank you, SL people. > > Tim Kanuka > Canadian Light Source > ________________________________________ > From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov > <owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov> on behalf of lejeczek > <pelj...@yahoo.co.uk> > Sent: January 12, 2016 5:15 AM > To: Andreas Mock; SCIENTIFIC- LINUX- USERS@ FNAL. GOV > Subject: Re: AW: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing? > > There might be no need to be sad, I think. > Simple principles should prevail - and if with such a change > we will get bigger user base, more developers working more > closely together, the same one Bugzilla for everything > then.. it can only be better for the software, better for > everybody. Especially when so much is shared already. > Everything else, any differences can, should always be > discussed then agreed upon, only if people are willing. > bw. > > On 12/01/16 09:51, Andreas Mock wrote: > > Indeed a very interesting question, I will follow the answers. > > I was and I am very happy with the work done in SL 6.x. So I'm sad > > to see that there might be a change in direction. > > > > Best regards > > Andreas > > > > > > > >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > >> Von: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner- > >> scientific-linux-users@listserv.fnal.gov] Im Auftrag von lejeczek > >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 10:48 > >> An: SCIENTIFIC- LINUX- USERS@ FNAL. GOV > >> Betreff: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing? > >> > >> hi everybody, > >> > >> I've wondered and got curious, what do you guys, gals think > >> about that move? > >> More importantly do you think it's a step we SL users should > >> also consider? > >> CERN mention there were talks between them, Fermilab - what > >> are Fermilab plans with regards to future releases, with > >> regards to SL in general? (Not much info on the website.) > >> I personally am just about to trial a migration from SL7 to > >> Centos. I'm thinking it's inevitable, am I wrong? > >> > >> best wishes.
