August news¶

2015-08-06

Scientific Linux CERN 6.7 becomes default production SLC6 release.¶

Dear Linux users.

We have a pleasure to announce that updated Scientific Linux CERN 6 (SLC6) version:

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            SLC 6.7 becomes default SLC6 production version
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                   as of Thursday 06.08.2015

What is Scientific Linux CERN 6.7 (SLC67) ?
- A minor release of SLC6X series with all the updates since release of 6.6 (and up to 22.07.2015) integrated in the base installation tree.
Upgrading from previous SLC6X releases:
- fully updated SLC 6X systems do not need any upgrade to 6.7 version, otherwise standard system upgrade procedure will bring systems up to date: http://cern.ch/linux/scientific6/docs/quickupdate

Installation media images for SLC67 can be found at:

For 32 bit systems:

<a href="http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc67/i386/images/">http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc67/i386/images/</a>
(install path: linuxsoft:/cern/slc67/i386/)

For 64 bit systems:

<a href="http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc67/x86_64/images/">http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc67/x86_64/images/</a>
(install path: linuxsoft:/cern/slc67/x86_64/)

After downloading media images from above location standard installation procedure can be followed:

<a href="http://cern.ch/linux/scientific6/docs/install">http://cern.ch/linux/scientific6/docs/install</a>

ISO DVD images can be found at:

<a href="http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc67/iso/">http://linuxsoft.cern.ch/cern/slc67/iso/</a>

Certification of the SLC 6.7:
as there are no other changes than these listed above a formal certification process does not need to be handled for this minor release.

Jaroslaw Polok for Linux.Support@cern.ch