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[http://www.centos.org CentOS] | [http://www.centos.org CentOS] is an Enterprise-class Linux Distribution derived from sources freely provided to the public by [http://www.redhat.com/ RedHat]. CentOS versions are maintained by a group of volunteers who supply 100% compatible re-compilations from the latest client, server and (for RHEL7) workstation and compute node source-code SRPMS of RHEL5, RHEL6 and RHEL7 [ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/linux/enterprise available], with all security fixes, bugfixes and feature enhancements. The CentOS mailing list is also available from the public newsserver news.gmane.org (the name is gmane.linux.centos.general; posting is allowed). | ||
Version 5 is based on kernel 2.6.18 and is still suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Mar 31st, 2017]. | Version 5 is based on kernel 2.6.18 and is still suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Mar 31st, 2017]. | ||
Version 6 is based on kernel 2.6.32 and is quite suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Nov 31st, 2020]. | Version 6 is based on kernel 2.6.32 and is quite suitable for computing in X-ray crystallography. Maintenance updates to this version are planned to be made available until [http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/red-hat-extends-red-hat-enterprise-linux-lifecycle-to-ten-years/10237 Nov 31st, 2020]. CentOS 7 is the current distribution (based on kernel 3.10), and advisable for the latest hardware. | ||
32bit and 64bit versions exist for a number of platforms; most notably for Intel and compatible processors. On PC-type hardware, one should probably choose the 64bit version if the machine has more than 2GB of memory | 32bit and 64bit versions exist for a number of platforms; most notably for Intel and compatible processors. On PC-type hardware, one should probably choose the 64bit version if the machine has more than 2GB of memory. | ||
== Installation and maintenance of CentOS machines == | == Installation and maintenance of CentOS machines == | ||
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There is a [http://wiki.centos.org wiki], with e.g. [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos Howtos], [http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks Tips and Tricks] and a list of [http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories repositories] to be used with [http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/index.html yum] (the software installer). | There is a [http://wiki.centos.org wiki], with e.g. [http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos Howtos], [http://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks Tips and Tricks] and a list of [http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories repositories] to be used with [http://www.centos.org/docs/5/html/yum/index.html yum] (the software installer). | ||
The best 3rd-party software repository to be be used with CentOS is [http:// | The best 3rd-party software repository to be be used with CentOS is [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL EPEL]. On CentOS, you can install EPEL by running <code>yum install epel-release</code>. The package is included in the CentOS Extras repository, enabled by default. Usage: e.g. to make your Windows partition read/writable to your CentOS installation, just run <code>yum -y install ntfs-3g</code>" after enabling EPEL. | ||
=== Hardware support === | === Hardware support === | ||
There is | There is the [http://elrepo.org/tiki/tiki-index.php ElRepo] repository for hardware kernel modules. Explanation at [http://dag.wieers.com/blog/improved-rhel-centos-and-scientific-linux-hardware-support]. | ||
This is very useful e.g. recent hardware that is not properly supported by the kernel, e.g. for the RTL8111/8168B Ethernet controller found on recent motherboards. Also, the [[NVidia]] driver is now provided by ElRepo. | This is very useful e.g. recent hardware that is not properly supported by the kernel, e.g. for the RTL8111/8168B Ethernet controller found on recent motherboards. Also, the [[NVidia]] driver is now provided by ElRepo. | ||