CERN moves thousands of accelerator control computers to Debian
Prompted by CentOS 8's premature demise, it's a very visible loss for the Red Hat ecosystem
CERN is transitioning thousands of accelerator control computers from Red Hat Linux distros to Debian. The European Organization for Nuclear Research, home to the Large Hadron Collider, relies heavily on Linux for its vast computing needs. For over two decades, most of its computers ran Red Hat-family Linux. However, CERN is now moving its "front end" computers, which control the LHC, to Debian Linux.
At a recent conference, CERN engineers discussed the challenges and costs of this migration. Moving to Debian would eliminate the need to replace around 65% of the "front end" computers, but the project could cost up to CHF 5.4 million, with a 20% chance of success.
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