Conveners
Linux future
- Ofer Rind (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Michel Jouvin (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
- Helge Meinhard (CERN)
Linux future
- Ofer Rind (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Michel Jouvin (Université Paris-Saclay (FR))
- Helge Meinhard (CERN)
AlmaLinux has been chosen by many across the world as the replacement for CentOS Linux, but there is still a lot of confusion around AlmaLinux's governance and build pipeline. Given AlmaLinux's newness and the instability in the greater enterprise Linux ecosystem, a strong understanding of how and where AlmaLinux OS started, where AlmaLinux it is today, and where we expect to go in the future...
The recent turmoils in the Red Hat ecosystem and the corresponding uncertainties they created in the HEP community have triggered the CERN Linux team to review their options for a multi-year Linux strategy. This presentation will summarise the state of Linux at CERN and discuss options moving forward as input to the Linux-themed discussion at this HEPiX meetup.
