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	Linux Support by DESY -IT-

Support Policy and PC Registration

Automatic Installation Procedure
Register a new PC
Papers and Presentations on Linux at DESY

PC Hardware

DELFI Systems
Hardware of the DESY Standard PC and how to get it.
Recommended BIOS settings for servers with ASUS P2B-DS motherboard.
Testing PC memory

Available Linux Releases With Automatic Installation

Scientific Linux (DESY) (SL4/SL5) 32/64 Bit our maintained production release
Ubuntu (DESY) Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx LTS ( Long Term Support ) 32bit / 64bit

Expired and NOT Available DESY Linux Releases

DESY Linux 5 (SuSE 8.2 / Kernel 2.4.x) was our production release as of 2004-08-25
DESY Linux 4 (SuSE 7.2 / Kernel 2.4.x) has been our production release from June 2002 to August 2004 and is now being retired. It does not support graphics adaptors of DESY Standard PCs after November 2003
DESY Linux 3 (SuSE 6.3 / Kernel 2.2.x) has been production release from March 2000 until June 2002.
DESY Linux 2 (SuSE 6.1 / Kernel 2.2.x) was production release from December 1999 until February 2000. Support was terminated in July 2000, the distribution is no longer available.
DESY Linux 1 (SuSE 5.2 / Kernel 2.0.3x) was production release from autumn 1998 until November 1999 and is no longer available.

Administrative Information

Linux Administrators at DESY (incl. mailing list)
Registration info about network wall outlets and MAC addresses in the new DESY network.
Installing DESY printers on non-supported Linux PCs (and other Unix hosts)

Vendor Information

Linux At Other HEP Sites

Linux at DESY Zeuthen
Linux support at CERN
Linux support at SLAC
Linux support at FermiLab
Linux HEP FAQ dated May 1997, but may still be useful. Kind of proves that HERMES was the first HEP experiment to use Linux on a large scale.

Related Links
Disclaimer: The links provided below point to information sources which we consider useful for our work. We have no influence on the contents of these pages. The information provided there may be inaccurate, outdated, wrong, or unavailable. Please inform us if you find that these pages are broken, confusing, or dangerous.

The Linux Gazette - (German Edition)
Linux on Laptops - Installation hints for almost any notebook model
Linux Kernel Archives - The fast german mirror at Freiburg.
Nadeem Hasan's Linux 2.4.x Kernel Pages - Including kernel release notes
Eine Einfuehrung in Linux - Learning the Linux Basics (in German)
SelfLinux - One more Linux Primer (in German)
Advanced bash Scripting Guide - teach yourself shell scripting
Knoppix - Bootable CD with a collection of GNU/Linux software,auto-hardware-detction etc.

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Last update: 26. Apr. 2011

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