Editing Scientific Linux (section)

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{{Infobox OS
| name = Scientific Linux
| logo = Scientific Linux logo and wordmark.svg
| logo_size = 80px
| screenshot = Scientific Linux 7.png
| screenshot_size = 300px
| caption = Scientific Linux 7.0 with [[GNOME]]
| developer = [[Fermilab|Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory]] (Fermilab) / [[CERN|European Organization for Nuclear Research]] (CERN)
| family = [[Linux]] ([[Unix-like]])
| working_state = Discontinued
| source_model = [[Open-source software|Open source]]
| released = {{Start date and age|2004|05|10}}
| latest_release_version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}
| latest_release_date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}
| discontinued = yes
| marketing_target = Scientific purpose / [[High Performance Computing]] / [[Server (computing)|Server]]s / [[Desktop computer|Desktop]]s{{r|LINUXCOM}}
| update_model = [[Yellow dog Updater, Modified|Yum]] ([[PackageKit]])
| package_manager = [[RPM Package Manager]]
| supported_platforms = [[x86]], [[x86-64]]
| kernel_type = [[Monolithic kernel|Monolithic]] ([[Linux kernel|Linux]])
| ui = [[GNOME]]
| license = [[GNU GPL]] & Various others.
| website = {{URL|www.scientificlinux.org/}}
}}

'''Scientific Linux''' ('''SL''') is a discontinued [[Linux distribution]] produced by [[Fermilab]], [[CERN]], [[DESY]] and by [[ETH Zurich]]. It is a [[Free and open-source software|free and open-source]] [[operating system]] based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]].<ref name="slfaq">{{cite web|url = https://www.scientificlinux.org/documentation/faq/faq-community/|title = General Questions about Scientific Linux (Community)|website = Scientific Linux}}</ref>

This product is derived from the free and open-source software made available by [[Red Hat]], but is not produced, maintained or supported by them.

In April 2019, it was announced that feature development for Scientific Linux would be discontinued, but that [[Software maintenance|maintenance]] will continue to be provided for the 6.x and 7.x releases through the end of their life cycles. [[Fermilab]] and [[CERN]] will utilize [[CentOS Stream]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Glenn |date=October 25, 2021 |title=Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution |url=https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS;4c8eeca4.2110 |access-date=July 15, 2022 |website=listserv.fnal.gov}}</ref> and [[AlmaLinux]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Fermilab/CERN recommendation for Linux distribution|url=http://news.fnal.gov/2022/12/fermilab-cern-recommendation-for-linux-distribution|website=news.fnal.gov|date=December 7, 2022 |access-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref> for their deployment of 8.x release instead.