On Thu, Dec 8, 2022 at 9:38 AM Behrens, Lars (PHI) <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > CERN and Fermilab jointly plan to provide AlmaLinux as the standard > > distribution for experiments > > Will there be (or is there already) an upgrade path from Scientific 7 > to AlmaLinux 8? > > I know they have scripts to switch from CentOS/RHEL but have found none > so far for SL. > > Cheerz, > Lars I'd not recommend it. Updating a major OS in place is difficult enough. Adding in a change of vendor, even if they use the same source code base is.... well, it's asking for painful surprises. I used to write scripts for SL/CentOS/RHEL switchovers. It's a slow and painful approach, and I don't recommend it.