Articles & Reviews
News Archive
Forums
Premium
Contact
Categories

Computers Display Drivers Graphics Cards Linux Gaming Memory Motherboards Processors Software Storage Operating Systems Peripherals

Scientific Linux 7 Alpha Arrives, Based On RHEL 7

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 4 July 2014 at 08:25 AM EDT. 2 Comments

Scientific Linux, the distribution developed by produced by the Fermi Laboratory and CERN as a derivative of the open Red Hat Enterprise Linux code-base, is preparing for their RHEL7 re-spin.

Scientific Linux 7 Alpha is out today based on the recent RHEL7 release with a focus on scientific computing. With this alpha release the SL add-ons aren't all included and the developers are still deciding on the packages/utilities to be included in the release.

The release announcement along with all of the initial details about Scientific Linux 7 Alpha can be found via the project's development list.

2 Comments

Redox OS Ends 2024 On A High Note With Dynamic Linking Progress, ifconfig Port

Serpent OS Demonstrates Working Offline Rollbacks With Its Package Manager

Serpent OS To Explore Offline Rollbacks & Tools As A Service

Updated Serpent OS Alpha Brings Few Fixes To This Original Linux Distribution

CachyOS Had A Really Great Year Advancing This Performance-Optimized Arch Linux Platform

About The Author

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.