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Desktop Linux Distributions supported at SLAC

1. Recommended Linux Distribution: Ubuntu Long Term Support, 16.04 LTS, codename "Xenial Xerus"or 18.04

   1. Long term support (LTS) releases are for 5 years. 

   2. 16.04 = YY.MM of release date (released April 2016)
   3. End of Life date is April 2021

   4. It is possible to upgrade (complete reinstall not required) from one LTS distro to the next (eg, 14.04 -> 16.04 -> 18.04)

2. CentOS 7 (2nd choice, alternative to Ubuntu LTS)
   
   1. 10 year support lifetime
   2. End of Life date is June 2024
   3. Red Hat sponsors the CentOS project: in 2014 CentOS officially joined forces with Red Hat
      
      

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