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Likewise, older operating systems present their own challenges, including lack of manufacturer and software support, security issues, lack of desirable functions, and increasing effort to support them.
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Categories
Current
Recent, stable systems.
- Supports most software used for Chemistry applications and instrumentation.
- Full Manufacturer, Vendor, and Campus support available.
- Functional and security patches available.
New / Upcoming
Newer release, may be required for some new hardware.
- Full manufacturer support
- Full vendor, campus, and ChemIT support usually takes a few months to develop, as bugs get fixed, software is modified for compatibility, university systems are adapted for operation and installations are developed and tested.
Deprecating
Older, but mostly functional.
- Manufacture can campus support may be phasing out or ended.
- ChemIT expertise may be limited.
- Should be upgraded whenever possible.
- May have security and functional issues.
Obsolete
- Manufacturer, vendor, and campus support ended.
- Might not run on new hardware
- Use only where required on older equipment.
- No functional or security patches available
- Should not be connected to the Internet.
Today's Operating Systems
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Obsolete: IRIX, Solaris, Gentoo, SUSE, RedHat 5.x
Categories
Current
Recent, stable systems.
- Supports most software used for Chemistry applications and instrumentation.
- Full Manufacturer, Vendor, and Campus support available.
- Functional and security patches available.
New / Upcoming
Newer release, may be required for some new hardware.
- Full manufacturer support
- Full vendor, campus, and ChemIT support usually takes a few months to develop, as bugs get fixed, software is modified for compatibility, university systems are adapted for operation and installations are developed and tested.
Deprecating
Older, but mostly functional.
- Manufacture can campus support may be phasing out or ended.
- ChemIT expertise may be limited.
- Should be upgraded whenever possible.
- May have security and functional issues.
Obsolete
- Manufacturer, vendor, and campus support ended.
- Might not run on new hardware
- Use only where required on older equipment.
- No functional or security patches available
- Should not be connected to the Internet.