Editing Scientific Linux (section)

==History==
[[Fermilab]] already had a Linux distribution known as [[Fermi Linux]], a [[long-term support]] release based on [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux]]. [[CERN]] was creating their next version of CERN Linux, also based on RHEL. CERN contacted Fermilab about doing a collaborative release. Connie Sieh was the main developer and driver behind the first prototypes and initial release.{{r|LINUXCOM}} The first official release of Scientific Linux was version 3.0.1, released on May 10, 2004.

In 2015, CERN began migrating away from Scientific Linux to [[CentOS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/slc-nextversion.shtml|title=Scientific Linux @ CERN: Next Version|publisher=[[CERN]]|access-date=January 15, 2017|archive-date=December 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191221221503/https://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/slc-nextversion.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/centos7/ |title=CC7: CERN CentOS 7 |publisher=[[CERN]] |access-date=January 15, 2017 |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707100649/http://linux.web.cern.ch/linux/centos7/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Scientific Linux is now maintained by a cooperative of science labs and universities. Fermilab is its primary sponsor.<ref name=LINUXCOM>{{cite web|url=https://www.linux.com/learn/scientific-linux-great-distro-wrong-name|title=Scientific Linux, the Great Distro With the Wrong Name|author=Carla Schroder|website=Linux.com|date=March 23, 2012}}</ref>