Hi Harry, same here. Actually we skipped RHEL8 and its alternatives, so moved directly from CentOS7 to Rocky9. We are happy with that decision.
Best wishes, Kay On Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:57:46 +0000, Andy Purkiss <andrew.purk...@crick.ac.uk> wrote: >Hi Harry, > >We've been migrating to Rocky Linux as it is built on RHEL in a similar way to >Scientific Linux. Most things compiled on Centos 7 (our default for a while) >work in Rocky Linux version 9. For compilers etc., I use the Software >Collections / devtoolsets to run later versions than the default OS. > >Hope this helps, > >Andy > >________________________________ >From: CCP4 bulletin board <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Harry Powell ><0000193323b1e616-dmarc-requ...@jiscmail.ac.uk> >Sent: 26 April 2024 16:46 >To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> >Subject: [ccp4bb] replacement for Scientific Linux > > >External Sender: Use caution. > > >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://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jiscmail.ac.uk%2Fcgi-bin%2FWA-JISC.exe%3FSUBED1%3DCCP4BB%26A%3D1&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ccdfba68774cd4211fa2708dc660805d8%7C4eed7807ebad415aa7a99170947f4eae%7C0%7C0%7C638497431860364410%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=eRMSRqHQjGNyTwSI9jm%2FEnKtB6RNZyLIbJ49%2FKO6d%2FI%3D&reserved=0<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1> > >This message was issued to members of >https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jiscmail.ac.uk%2FCCP4BB&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ccdfba68774cd4211fa2708dc660805d8%7C4eed7807ebad415aa7a99170947f4eae%7C0%7C0%7C638497431860378643%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=nztbpFkkCbsMlfJBK%2BS2jnJne6PcMMKxWOV%2F4BvbV94%3D&reserved=0<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB>, > a mailing list hosted by >https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jiscmail.ac.uk%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ccdfba68774cd4211fa2708dc660805d8%7C4eed7807ebad415aa7a99170947f4eae%7C0%7C0%7C638497431860390525%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5k3kBgAlovNhnnjM%2F8uvMEoHzWrc%2FKfLBsseeryWCDo%3D&reserved=0<http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/>, > terms & conditions are available at >https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jiscmail.ac.uk%2Fpolicyandsecurity%2F&data=05%7C02%7C%7Ccdfba68774cd4211fa2708dc660805d8%7C4eed7807ebad415aa7a99170947f4eae%7C0%7C0%7C638497431860399985%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Cvk0Lm%2BfqQ%2Fp4gUZqK1Y8Nu8RNCC%2F%2FIEr0N8yQHi4O0%3D&reserved=0<https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/> > >The Francis Crick Institute Limited is a registered charity in England and >Wales no. 1140062 and a company registered in England and Wales no. 06885462, >with its registered office at 1 Midland Road London NW1 1AT > >######################################################################## > >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/ > ######################################################################## 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/
