[Beowulf] Your thoughts on the latest RHEL drama?

[Tony Travis]

On 28/06/2023 09:40, Benson Muite wrote:
> On 6/28/23 11:18, Tony Travis wrote:
>> On 28/06/2023 07:18, John Hearns wrote:
>>> Rugged individuaiist? I like that...    Me puts on plaid shirt and
>>> goes to wrestle with some bears,,,
>>>
>>>   > Maybe it is time for an HPC Linux distro, this is where
>>> Good move. I would say a lightweight distro that does not do much nd
>>> is rebooted every time a job finishes.
>>> Wonder what security types would think of that....
>>>
>>> Sidelining the discussion a bit I have been involved with projects
>>> where security types insist on the entire stack for firmware upwards
>>> is kept up to date.
>>> This feeds into the Redha debate of course - if we go Debian how do
>>> you satisfy corporate types?
>>> i guess ubuntu has a role here.
>>
>> Hi, John.
>>
>> There is already an Ubuntu-based HPC distro: Qlustar
>>
>>> https://qlustar.com/
>>
>> Bye,
>>
>>    Tony.
>>
> OpenEuler has several commercial editions built on it:
> https://www.openeuler.org/en/download/commercial-release/
> Suse is also listed as a vendor:
> https://www.openeuler.org/en/

Hi, Benson.

I was responding to John's comment specifically about Ubuntu having a 
role if we go to Debian. You might be interested to know that the UK 
Sanger Centre uses Ubuntu for HPC in the life-sciences:

> https://www.sanger.ac.uk/group/core-software-services/

My comment about Qlustar was in relation to the availability of 
commercial support for Ubuntu-based HPC. The Sanger Centre is, of 
course, a non-profit academic centre for life-science research.

Bye,

   Tony.

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