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CC7 was deprecated within the CERN environment on 30.06.2024, see OTG0145248 for more details or refer to Which distribution should I use


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2025-07-15

rsync available on a dedicated endpoint

As of 04.07.2024, a dedicated endpoint for rsync traffic has been established

The endpoint is rsync-linuxsoft.cern.ch and it is open for both internal CERN users, and users from the outside

Historically rsync was available on the main linuxsoft.cern.ch endpoint

Please be aware that from 01.10.2024, this endpoint will be deprecated

More information related to this change can be found at OTG0150962

2024-06-30

CC7 & RHEL7 have reached end-of-life

As of 30.06.2024, both CC7 (CERN CentOS 7) and RHEL7 (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) have reached end-of-life.

These distributions are no longer supported at CERN.

If you are still using CC7 or RHEL7, we encourage you to migrate to a newer supported distribution as soon as possible.

You may refer to the Which distribution should I use? page for additional details.

2024-06-05

AlmaLinux 8.10 is available in production

We are pleased to announce that AlmaLinux 8.10 is available in production as of today.

The list of updated packages can be found here.

2024-06-05

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 is available in production

We are pleased to announce that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 is available in production as of today.

The list of updated packages can be found here.

The release notes will be published here.

2024-05-29

AlmaLinux 8.10 is available in testing

We are pleased to announce that AlmaLinux 8.10 is available in testing as of today.

The list of updated packages can be found here.