Feedback wanted - as I answer the question of what is the best Linux distro.

[KGIII]

Just a few things just opinions up to you what you do with them.

Thanks and I like your ideas. I'll be editing it sometime this week.

SBC = Single Board Computer, if you're curious. See:

Single-board computer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

I absolutely should explain them better and didn't know Scientific was going under. I'm not sure how I missed that in the news. I usually pay attention to that sort of stuff.

 

[f33dm3bits]

I absolutely should explain them better and didn't know Scientific was going under. I'm not sure how I missed that in the news. I usually pay attention to that sort of stuff.

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Sad News! Scientific Linux is Being Discontinued

Brief: Scientific Linux, a distributions focused on scientists in high energy physics field, will not be developed anymore. It’s creator, Fermilab, is replacing it by CentOS in its labs. Scientific Linux is one of the lesser known Linux distributions that is created to serve a niche...

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[KGIII]

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Scientific Linux Distro is Being Discontinued; The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and CERN Will Move To CentOS - Slashdot

Scientific Linux, a 14-year-old operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and which was maintained by some significant members of the scientific community such as The Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and CERN, is being discontinued. From a report: While current versions (6...

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Thanks and LOL @ them converting to CentOS... I wonder how that decision is gonna impact 'em?

I have no idea how I missed that in the tech news. It's not even remotely triggering a memory - so I probably never saw it and didn't just see it while drinking wine and forgot.

 

[f33dm3bits]

Thanks and LOL @ them converting to CentOS... I wonder how that decision is gonna impact 'em?

I have no idea how I missed that in the tech news. It's not even remotely triggering a memory - so I probably never saw it and didn't just see it while drinking wine and forgot.

They were in the process in converting everything to C8 so I can imagine they aren't happy.

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[KGIII]

They were in the process in converting everything to C8 so I can imagine they aren't happy.

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That has to *really* suck for them. There's nothing quite like having the rug pulled out from beneath your feet. Man, that has to suck for them.

Entirely unrelated...

I've been keeping an eye on Rocky Linux. I check in on their forum and chat regularly.

They're moving forward very rapidly, with some pretty big names involved. But... No matter how awesome they start out, I just can't justify putting a brand new distro into production or recommending others do so.

But, they're progressing well - and rapidly. I expected some speed in the heavily motivated project, so that's not really too surprising. The folks involved seem to really know what they're doing, which is also unsurprising.

I suspect they'll do just fine. I'll revisit the choice to use their distro in a couple of years.

 

[darry1966]

Single Board Computer it seems.

Single-board computer - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[KGIII]

Good Article! Just a few things just opinions up to you what you do with them.

I ended up leaving in my reference to LFS, but changed the rest and made a number of other changes - including expanding more acronyms and linking to their respective Wikipedia pages. Search engines like links, so it was a good excuse to add them.

Thanks!

I'll surely revisit the article soon, probably multiple times to refine it.

My next 'big' one should be about how to ask a support question.