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Linux Support by DESY -IT-

 
Support Policy and PC Registration
PC Hardware
Available Linux Releases With Automatic Installation
  • Scientific Linux (DESY) (SLD3 / Kernel 2.4.x) is our maintained production release as of 2006-01-01
  • DESY Linux 5 (SuSE 8.2 / Kernel 2.4.x) was our production release as of 2004-08-25 and is now being retired
Expired and NOT Available DESY Linux Releases
  • DESY Linux 4 (SuSE 7.2 / Kernel 2.4.x) has been our production release from June 2002 to August 2004 and is now being retired. It does not support graphics adaptors of DESY Standard PCs after November 2003
  • DESY Linux 3 (SuSE 6.3 / Kernel 2.2.x) has been production release from March 2000 until June 2002.
  • DESY Linux 2 (SuSE 6.1 / Kernel 2.2.x) was production release from December 1999 until February 2000. Support was terminated in July 2000, the distribution is no longer available.
  • DESY Linux 1 (SuSE 5.2 / Kernel 2.0.3x) was production release from autumn 1998 until November 1999 and is no longer available.
DESY Linux User Meetings (access for DESY hosts only)
Administrative Information
Vendor Information
Linux At Other HEP Sites
  • Linux at DESY Zeuthen
  • Linux support at CERN
  • Linux support at SLAC
  • Linux support at FermiLab
  • Linux HEP FAQ dated May 1997, but may still be useful. Kind of proves that HERMES was the first HEP experiment to use Linux on a large scale.
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