Editing Scientific Linux (section)

==Release history==
Historical releases of Scientific Linux are the following.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificlinux.org/news/archive/|title=News Archives|website=Scientifix Linux|access-date=December 22, 2011|archive-date=March 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303020311/https://www.scientificlinux.org/news/archive|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/roadmap|title=S.L. Distribution Roadmap|website=Scientifix Linux|access-date=July 25, 2011|archive-date=July 16, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716025054/https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/roadmap|url-status=dead}}</ref> Each release is subjected to a period of public testing before it is considered 'released'.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Scientific Linux release
! Codename
! Architectures
! RHEL base
! Scientific Linux release date
! Red Hat Enterprise Linux release date
! Delay
|-
! 3.0.1
| Lithium
| rowspan="4" | [[i386]], [[x86-64]]
| 3.1
| 2004-05-10
| 2004-01-16
| 106d
|-
! 4{{r|LINUXCOM}}
| Beryllium
| 4
| 2005-04-20
| 2005-02-14
| 65d
|-
! 5<ref>[https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/scientific-linux.html Scientific Linux – It blinded me with science!], '''Dedoimedo'''</ref><ref>[https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20100426#feature DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 351, 26 April 2010]</ref>
| Boron
| 5
| 2007-05-14
| 2007-03-14
| 61d
|-
! 6<ref>[https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/scientific-linux-6.html Scientific Linux 6 – Another great distro, but], '''Dedoimedo'''</ref><ref>[https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20110822#feature DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 419, 22 August 2011]</ref><ref>[https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/scientific-linux-6sp1.html Scientific Linux 6.1 Carbon review – Almost there], '''Dedoimedo'''</ref><ref>[https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/scientific-linux-6-5.html Scientific Linux 6.5 Carbon – Fast and dubious], '''Dedoimedo'''</ref>
| Carbon
| 6
| 2011-03-03
| 2010-11-10
| 113d
|-
! 7<ref>[https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/scientific-linux-7-1.html Scientific Linux 7.1 review – More fiasco], '''Dedoimedo'''</ref><ref>[http://linux.softpedia.com/get/System/Operating-Systems/Linux-Distributions/Scientific-Linux-2007.shtml Download Scientific Linux 7.5], '''Softpedia Linux'''</ref>
| Nitrogen
| x86-64
| 7
| 2014-10-13
| 2014-06-10
| 125d
|}

===Support===
Security updates are provided for as long as Red Hat continues to release updates and patches for their versions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/roadmap|title=End of life dates for SL versions|website=Scientifix Linux|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716025054/https://www.scientificlinux.org/distributions/roadmap|archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
|+ End of support schedule
! Scientific Linux release
! Full updates
! Maintenance updates
|-
! 3
| 2006-07-20
| 2010-10-31
|-
! 4
| 2009-03-31
| 2012-02-29
|-
! 5
| Q1 2014
| 2017-03-31
|-
! 6
| Q2 2017
| 2020-11-30
|-
! 7
| Q4 2019
| 2024-06-30
|}