I have made one move to SL-7, and it hasn't been great. I live behind a
firewall that prevents me from raiding other RH-based repositories, so I
lost xmgrace in the process. Also, I could never find something as
simple as a periodic table (either gperiodic or kalzium). As a mostly
ubunut user, I was pretty disappointed in the package base. It seemd
that ubuntu had many more scientific packages than SL. The community, on
the other hand, was very helpful. Perhaps a move to CENTOS can bring
more packages. 

Art Edwards

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On Tue, Jan 12, 2016, at 08:09 AM, Tim Kanuka wrote:
> We have just started our migration to SL7x. We did make the call on
> whether to go with Centos or not for 7x. For me, the slightly greater
> ease of staying with SL for the migration; the minimalist elegance of the
> the SL website and support structure; and no experience at all with
> Centos outweighed any perceived benefits of switching. 
> 
> Interestingly, CERN has rolled their own Centos anyway.
> 
> Thank you, SL people. 
> 
> Tim Kanuka
> Canadian Light Source
> ________________________________________
> From: [log in to unmask]
> <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of lejeczek
> <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: January 12, 2016 5:15 AM
> To: Andreas Mock; SCIENTIFIC- LINUX- USERS@ FNAL. GOV
> Subject: Re: AW: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing?
> 
> There might be no need to be sad, I think.
> Simple principles should prevail - and if with such a change
> we will get bigger user base, more developers working more
> closely together, the same one Bugzilla for everything
> then.. it can only be better for the software, better for
> everybody. Especially when so much is shared already.
> Everything else, any differences can, should always be
> discussed then agreed upon, only if people are willing.
> bw.
> 
> On 12/01/16 09:51, Andreas Mock wrote:
> > Indeed a very interesting question, I will follow the answers.
> > I was and I am very happy with the work done in SL 6.x. So I'm sad
> > to see that there might be a change in direction.
> >
> > Best regards
> > Andreas
> >
> >
> >
> >> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> >> Von: [log in to unmask] [mailto:owner-
> >> [log in to unmask]] Im Auftrag von lejeczek
> >> Gesendet: Dienstag, 12. Januar 2016 10:48
> >> An: SCIENTIFIC- LINUX- USERS@ FNAL. GOV
> >> Betreff: a year later - CERN move to Centos - what are we doing?
> >>
> >> hi everybody,
> >>
> >> I've wondered and got curious, what do you guys, gals think
> >> about that move?
> >> More importantly do you think it's a step we SL users should
> >> also consider?
> >> CERN mention there were talks between them, Fermilab - what
> >> are Fermilab plans with regards to future releases, with
> >> regards to SL in general? (Not much info on the website.)
> >> I personally am just about to trial a migration from SL7 to
> >> Centos. I'm thinking it's inevitable, am I wrong?
> >>
> >> best wishes.