Scientific Linux 7 desktop at Work

September 2, 2015 By

I’ve been using Scientific Linux 7.1 at work for a couple of weeks now. If you’ve been using SL7 as a desktop, or are interested in moving this way, the CLASSE IT Group can help you with some of its configuration. This post will also give some ideas of tasks that are useful at work and at home. I’ll post about using it at home a little later on.

In general, one of the great things for me personally while working in the lab, is getting experience with this recent operating system on my desktop. There are many tasks that are just as easily performed on Linux as they are on Windows. Therefore, I am going to document my process, overall issues and solutions in this blog post. Although I won’t be providing step-by-step instructions, you can contact the CLASSE computer group if you would like help configuring your Linux desktop at the lab.
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Filed Under: First Look, Home Computing, Software

First Look: Scientific Linux 7

March 25, 2015 By

We’re just starting to take a look at implementing a CLASSE Managed Scientific Linux 7 configuration. We’ve made some progress in preparing our deployment, as well as updating our management platform to work with SL7 software and evaluating the configuration differences between SL7 and SL6.

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Filed Under: First Look, Projects

Sneak Peak: Project Management Tool

February 12, 2015 By

This is the first post about an ongoing computer group project – in this case, it’s a CLASSE service for managing projects at the lab. This service may be available for all lab users in the future.

For a while now, we’ve been looking for a software package to help us manage complex long-term projects. Among our requirements are that it be low-cost, low-maintenance, easy to use, and easy to control access to. Several options that we considered — Microsoft Project, GLPI, Basecamp — failed on one or more of these criteria.

The best option we have found so far is a web-based project management platform called activeCollab. You can read about it on their website: https://www.activecollab.com/features.html. While  we’re not using all the Cloud features, we are using an onsite version. At the moment, we are evaluating the system and considering a workflow for everyone at the lab.

We imagine two use cases for this sort of tool.

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Filed Under: Projects, Sneak Peak
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