Fermi Linux

Fermi Linux is the generic name for Linux distributions that are created and used at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). These releases have gone under different names: Fermi Linux, Fermi Linux LTS, LTS, Fermi Linux STS, STS, Scientific Linux Fermi, SLF. For the purposes of this entry they can be used interchangeably to designate a version of Linux specific to Fermilab.

At the current time, the only officially supported Fermi Linux is Scientific Linux Fermi, which is based on Scientific Linux.

History Fermi Linux started out as an extension of the PC Farms Pilot Project spearheaded by Connie Sieh. A Fermilab initiative to seek out cost effective computing for the Tevatron. Continuing to update the SGI and AIX hardware for the computing needs of that experiment was very expensive.

Initial builds of Fermi Linux were merely Red Hat Linux with some things turned off or some extra packages added. With the release of Scientific Linux, Fermi Linux became a 'site' specific build of Scientific Linux.

Releases

Fermi Linux month-date year Number (Official) Name August 31, 1998 Fermi Linux 5.0.2 n/a August 16, 1999 Fermi Linux 5.2.1 Charm April 7, 2000 Fermi Linux 6.1.1 Strange August 29, 2001 Fermi Linux 7.1.1 Top September 13, 2002 Fermi Linux 7.3.1 Bottom April 7, 2003 Fermi Linux 9.0.1 Up August 27, 2003 Fermi Linux 7.1.2 Top January 26, 2004 Fermi Linux LTS 3.0.1 Feynman February 27, 2004 Fermi Linux 7.3.2 Bottom October 1, 2004 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.3 Feynman February 22, 2005 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.4 August 29, 2005 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.5 September 20, 2005 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.1 Wilson January 25, 2006 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.2 October 25, 2006 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.4 November 10, 2006 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.8 Feynman May 19, 2007 Scientific Linux Fermi STS 6 N/A September 10, 2007 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.0 Lederman October 25, 2007 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.9 Feynman August 20, 2007 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.5 Wilson February 21, 2008 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.1 Lederman March 24, 2008 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.6 Wilson July 17, 2008 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.2 Lederman September 18, 2008 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.7 Wilson April 1, 2009 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.3 Lederman October 6, 2009 Scientific Linux Fermi STS 10 N/A November 18, 2009 Scientific Linux Fermi STS 11 January 7, 2010 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.8 Wilson February 8, 2010 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.4 Lederman May 20, 2010 Scientific Linux Fermi STS 12 N/A June 18, 2010 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.5 Lederman August 23, 2010 Scientific Linux Fermi STS 13 N/A December 22, 2010 Scientific Linux Fermi STS 14 November 22, 2011 Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.9 Wilson November 23, 2011 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.7 Lederman December 14, 2011 Scientific Linux Fermi 6.1 Ramsey May 7, 2012 Scientific Linux Fermi 6.2 June 11, 2012 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.8 Lederman August 22, 2012 Scientific Linux Fermi 6.3 Ramsey March 7, 2013 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.9 Lederman April 22, 2013 Scientific Linux Fermi 6.4 Ramsey December 3, 2013 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.10 Lederman February 18, 2014 Scientific Linux Fermi 6.5 Ramsey November 18, 2014 Scientific Linux Fermi 6.6 December 8, 2014 Scientific Linux Fermi 5.11 Lederman

Support policy Fermi Linux follows the Scientific Linux life cycle regarding support and updates.

Fermilab has a Linux community. This includes dedicated email lists and regular meetings provided by the Scientific Linux development team.

Fermi Linux LTS Fermi Linux LTS is in essence Red Hat Enterprise Linux, recompiled.

Workers in Fermilab took the source code from Red Hat Enterprise Linux in srpm form and recompiled them resulting in binaries in rpm form with the only restrictions being the license from the original source code. They are bundling these binaries into a Linux distribution that is as close to Red Hat Enterprise Linux as they can get. The goal is to ensure that if a program runs and is certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, then it will run on the corresponding Fermi Linux release.

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