14 DAY TRIAL // The first Alpha version of the upcoming Scientific Linux 7 operating system was announced by Pat Riehecky a few days ago on the mailing list for Scientific Linux developers worldwide. The release is based on the publicly available sources of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 distribution.
Scientific Linux 7 Alpha has been released only for the 64-bit (x86_64) hardware platform and includes all the features and fixes that were implemented in the upstream RHEL 7 release, except for certain packages, as mentioned in the release notes.
This first development version of the upcoming Scientific Linux 7 operating system also includes new artwork from Suzanne Thompson. When testing it, please keep in mind that it doesn’t include many historic Scientific Linux add-ons.
“Fermilab's intention is to continue the development and support of Scientific Linux and refine its focus as an operating system for scientific computing. Today we are announcing an alpha release of Scientific Linux 7.”
”We continue to develop a stable process for generating and distributing Scientific Linux, with the intent that Scientific Linux remains the same high quality operating system the community has come to expect,” Pat Riehecky said in the official release announcement.
You can download Scientific Linux 7 Alpha right now from Softpedia, but keep in mind that this is an unstable release and it should not be installed on production machines.