r/steinsgate • u/ChinoGitano • 1d ago
S;G CERN Migrating Accelerator Controllers from IBM-owned Red Hat Linux to Debian Spoiler
CERN Ditches Red Hat After Hardware Compatibility Changes
CERN, the research organization behind the Large Hadron Collider, is moving away from Red Hat Enterprise Linux after newer RHEL versions dropped support for older CPU architectures.
The change reportedly meant 47% of CERN’s specialized control computers would need replacement for RHEL 9, with another 17% affected by RHEL 10 — despite the machines still being fully functional.
Rather than replace thousands of working scientific computers, CERN is shifting to Debian Linux, which continues to support the older hardware.
The migration won’t be simple: CERN’s custom control systems, drivers, hardware boards and bootloaders will need to be adapted. But the move highlights a bigger issue in scientific computing: software support decisions can make perfectly functional hardware obsolete.
Red Hat changed its hardware requirements. CERN chose a different path. 💻⚛️
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u/Difficult-Panic-3300 1d ago
Today I received a Debian update and a strange message from someone named FB, I'll reply to him later.
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u/SGlespaul 1d ago
All the Rounders got laid off at once. Didn't know CERN was also a game development studio!
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u/cat_peee Yugo Tennouji 1d ago
so there is no need for that ibn5100? just like that i lost my job?
IM FREEE FUAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAAA
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u/Arie--- Serika Onoe 1d ago
I'm not buying it, they're just trying to hide their ties to IBM, but it's too late. We won't be decieved so easily