Fermi Linux

Linux distribution

Fermi Linux

Developer| Fermilab
OS family| Linux (Unix-like)
Working state| Current
Source model| Open source and closed source
Initial release| 31 August 1998; 26 years ago (1998-08-31)
Latest release| 6.7 / October 18, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-10-18)
Package manager| RPM
Supported platforms| IA-32, x86-64
Kernel type| Monolithic (Linux)
Default
user interface| GNOME 2, KDE, IceWM
License| Mainly GPL
Official website| www.scientificlinux.org/at-fermilab/

Fermi Linux is the generic name for Linux distributions that are created and used at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab). These releases have gone through different names: Fermi Linux, Fermi Linux LTS, LTS, Fermi Linux STS, STS, Scientific Linux Fermi, SLF. For the purposes of this entry they can be used interchangeably to designate a version of Linux specific to Fermilab.

At the current time, the only officially supported Fermi Linux is Scientific Linux Fermi, which is based on Scientific Linux.

## History

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Fermi Linux started out as an extension of the PC Farms Pilot Project spearheaded by Connie Sieh.[1] A Fermilab initiative to seek out cost effective computing for the Tevatron. Continuing to update the SGI and AIX hardware for the computing needs of that experiment was very expensive.

Initial builds of Fermi Linux were merely Red Hat Linux with some things turned off or some extra packages added. With the release of Scientific Linux, Fermi Linux became a 'site' specific build of Scientific Linux.

### Releases

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Fermi Linux month-date year  | Number (Official)  | Name

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August 31, 1998  | Fermi Linux 5.0.2  | n/a
August 16, 1999  | Fermi Linux 5.2.1  | Charm
April 7, 2000  | Fermi Linux 6.1.1  | Strange
August 29, 2001  | Fermi Linux 7.1.1  | Top
September 13, 2002  | Fermi Linux 7.3.1  | Bottom
April 7, 2003  | Fermi Linux 9.0.1  | Up
August 27, 2003  | Fermi Linux 7.1.2  | Top
January 26, 2004  | Fermi Linux LTS 3.0.1  | Feynman
February 27, 2004  | Fermi Linux 7.3.2  | Bottom
October 1, 2004  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.3  | Feynman
February 22, 2005  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.4
August 29, 2005  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.5
September 20, 2005  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.1  | Wilson
January 25, 2006  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.2
October 25, 2006  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.4
November 10, 2006  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.8  | Feynman
May 19, 2007  | Scientific Linux Fermi STS 6  | N/A
September 10, 2007  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.0  | Lederman
October 25, 2007  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 3.0.9  | Feynman
August 20, 2007  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.5  | Wilson
February 21, 2008  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.1  | Lederman
March 24, 2008  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.6  | Wilson
July 17, 2008  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.2  | Lederman
September 18, 2008  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.7  | Wilson
April 1, 2009  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.3  | Lederman
October 6, 2009  | Scientific Linux Fermi STS 10  | N/A
November 18, 2009  | Scientific Linux Fermi STS 11
January 7, 2010  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.8  | Wilson
February 8, 2010  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.4  | Lederman
May 20, 2010  | Scientific Linux Fermi STS 12  | N/A
June 18, 2010  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.5  | Lederman
August 23, 2010  | Scientific Linux Fermi STS 13  | N/A
December 22, 2010  | Scientific Linux Fermi STS 14
November 22, 2011  | Scientific Linux Fermi LTS 4.9  | Wilson
November 23, 2011  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.7  | Lederman
December 14, 2011  | Scientific Linux Fermi 6.1  | Ramsey
May 7, 2012  | Scientific Linux Fermi 6.2
June 11, 2012  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.8  | Lederman
August 22, 2012  | Scientific Linux Fermi 6.3  | Ramsey
March 7, 2013  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.9  | Lederman
April 22, 2013  | Scientific Linux Fermi 6.4  | Ramsey
December 3, 2013  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.10  | Lederman
February 18, 2014  | Scientific Linux Fermi 6.5  | Ramsey
November 18, 2014  | Scientific Linux Fermi 6.6
December 8, 2014  | Scientific Linux Fermi 5.11  | Lederman

## Support policy

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Fermi Linux follows the Scientific Linux life cycle regarding support and updates.

There is a vibrant Linux community at Fermilab. This includes dedicated email lists and regular meetings provided by the Scientific Linux development team.

## Fermi Linux LTS

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Fermi Linux LTS is in essence Red Hat Enterprise Linux, recompiled.

Workers in Fermilab took the source code from Red Hat Enterprise Linux in srpm form and recompiled them resulting in binaries in rpm form with the only restrictions being the license from the original source code. They are bundling these binaries into a Linux distribution that is as close to Red Hat Enterprise Linux as they can get. The goal is to ensure that if a program runs and is certified on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, then it will run on the corresponding Fermi Linux release.

## See also

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* Science portal
* Free and open-source software portal
* Linux portal

* Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab)
* Scientific Linux
* Linux
* Red Hat Linux
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), commercial Linux distribution on which Fermi Linux is based
* CentOS, another Linux distribution based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fermi Linux.

* Official website
* documentation
* Fermi Linux Timeline
* Fermi Linux at DistroWatch

## References

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1. ^ "Physics computing innovation benefits multitude". 30 September 2013.

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