More Fermi Red Hat V5.0.2 is Now Available!  
Fermi Red Hat Linux v5.0.2 is now available to install on a new PC. We have included a pre-install checklist to help with planning your install. We also now have a upgrade guide which describes how to upgrade from Red Hat V5.0 or Fermi Red Hat V5.0.1 to Fermi Linux 5.0.2. We have upgraded a number of packages and included some new ones to enhance useability and security "out-of-the-box." The list of updated packages from Red Hat is extensive, and we encourage you to take a look at it. We also have included several Fermi specific packages which should make your Linux box look a lot like any other UNIX box at Fermi.

Note: people upgrading their system will need to perform an extra step to get the extra packages we've included in the default V5.0.2 install.

More Contact Us 
We have created a linux-users mailing list for people to send in their questions, comments, and concerns. We strongly encourage you to subscribe to it! Leave the subject line blank and put the words subscribe linux-users in the body.
More Getting Started 
What distribution of Linux should I use at Fermilab?  Answer 
Can I run Linux on my computer?  Answer 
Can I run Win NT on my computer?  Answer 
How do I install Linux?  Answer 
Can I buy a pre-installed Linux system?  Answer 
I've got a problem with ...., can you help?  Answer 
 
More Linux Application Support Policy 
FUE (Fermi Unix Environment) is the means by which the Computing Division provides application software to our customers. A full statement of this policy can be found here. The next release of FUE, based on the the latest version of UPS and UPD will be distributed (hopefully) by August 7, 1998. Watch this space for details.
 
More Workstations and Desktops 
The number of Linux Workstations and Desktop machines is growing rapidly at Fermilab. In an effort to provide the best support possible we make several recommendations to what type of hardware to buy, who to buy from, and where to get general information on how to operate your Linux system. We also supply on-site support for Fermi Red Hat Linux related questions.
More Hints and Tips 
We have also taken our experiences of the ages and compiled it into a hints and tips guide in an effort to provide the user with our knowledge. Want to get the highest resolution of X windows possible on your monitor? Check here! How about getting that neat penguin login window? It's here, too! How can I set up a dual boot Linux/Win NT system? Since you asked, we'll tell you! These and many more questions will be answered in this guide. If you can't find the answer here, email uss-help and we'll try to get the answer for you.
More PC Farms 
The next collider run at Fermilab, designated Run II, will produce 20 times as much data as Run I. In order to analyze the increased amounts of data, we plan on building a 1000 node Linux farm.
More Linux at the Lab 
Fermilab is now officially supporting the Linux operating system for desktop scientifc workstations & Farms computing. See the January 1998 issue of the Computing Divison Newsletter for more information.
More Linux Support Policy 
In January, 1998, Fermilab announced that Linux would be one of the officially supported operating systems at the lab. Several restrictions apply to this policy, the most important being that only distribution and hardware platform supported are Red Hat on Intel PC's. A short but comprehensive document was issued which is available online.
More Update History 
Welcome to the first cut. As we make updates to these pages we'll announce it here, but since this is the first round of pretty pages, there's nothing much to report as far as updates go.
 
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Maintained by: Dan Yocum.
Last modified: 24-Aug-1998 13:45.