HEPiX Spring 2024 Workshop

Session

Linux future

Apr 15, 2024, 2:00 PM

Amphithéatre Buffon (Laboratoire Astroparticule et Cosmologie (APC) de l'Université Paris-Cité)

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)

4. The state of AlmaLinux

benny Vasquez (AlmaLinux OS Foundation)

4/15/24, 2:00 PM

Operating Systems, Cloud & Virtualisation, Grids

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...

64. Debian: What it is and what it can do for science

Nicolas Dandrimont

4/15/24, 2:20 PM

66. Experience with migrating to Debian

Mr Dennis van Dok (Nikhef)

4/15/24, 2:40 PM

65. Discussion

4/15/24, 2:55 PM

38. From Entanglement to Duality: Preparing a multi-ecosystem Linux strategy at CERN

Dr Arne Wiebalck (CERN)

4/15/24, 3:30 PM

Operating Systems, Cloud & Virtualisation, Grids

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.

67. Status and plans at DESY

Yves Kemp (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DE))

4/15/24, 3:50 PM

68. Dealing with CentOS 7 EOL

4/15/24, 4:00 PM

Round-table of sites

69. Discussion

4/15/24, 4:30 PM