[TriLUG] Availability of Fedora 28

[Robert Dale via TriLUG]

https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/28/Workstation/x86_64/iso/

Robert Dale


On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 1:21 PM Paul Boyle via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

>
> I'm looking for a site where I can download a copy of Fedora 28. I know
> this distro has already passed its EOL.  However, the choice is beyond
> my control. If you are interested in the details, read more below.
>
> ### Lengthier version ###
> I have been running a couple of single crystal X-ray diffractometers
> under Linux. For some reason the vendor, Bruker AXS, has chosen Fedora
> as their supported platform.  Not liking a short release cycle for
> the Linux distro used for instrument control, I have, up until this
> point, been using CENTOS 7 to operate my diffractometers. In a recent
> updating of my CENTOS distribution, some of the functionality of the
> diffractometer control software broke (most importantly some of the
> OpenGL related functionality).  Bruker blames the breakage on a bug
> in the more recent versions of the GLUT library.  I suppose it is worth
> trying Fedora 30, but I'm not convinced it will work.
>
> Bruker AXS supports only an unsupported version of Fedora (Fedora 28)
> to run their software under Linux. I've tried talking to them about
> supporting a distribution with a longer life cycle (trying to make the
> case that distributions and application level software used to run an
> instrument should focus on stability and longetivity).  However, the
> Bruker is thoroughly in the DGAF zone on this issue.
>
> So my options, as I see them are:
> 1) install Fedora 28. I don't feel great about the choice of using a
> distro which will no longer get security updates.  However, both
> computers are behind firewalls -- at both the university and
> laboratory levels.  So, I'm willing to accept this situation.
>
> 2) install Fedora 28 into an LXD container (or something similar,
> maybe Docker?) hosted by the existing CENTOS 7 distro and then run the
> diffractometer control software from within the container. As the
> machines are currently configured I would have to run the container in
> a loopback device, which, from what I've read, is not advisable for a
> production environment.  So, I would have to either install a new hard
> drive or reformat the existing drives. (No big deal, just more work).
>
> 3) Blow away the Linux installation and run Windows.
>
> For options 1 and 2 I need a source for Fedora 28.  I've been running
> diffractometers under Linux for 26 years, and has been the backbone
> of what I consider to be a well integrated scientific computing
> environment.  For that reason, as well as other reasons, absolutely
> loathe option 3.
>
> At this point, I see option #1 as my first choice.
>
> I've tried finding a downloadable Fedora 28, but my googling hasn't
> yielded anything.  If anyone can point me in the right direction, I
> would appreciate it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
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> Department of Chemistry
> Western University
> London, ON N6A 5B7
> Canada
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