We have recently added support for the Redhat Software Collections (2.1) on SL7 DICE machines. Redhat describes these as: For certain applications, more recent versions of some software components are often needed in order to use their latest new features. Red Hat Software Collections is a Red Hat offering that provides a set of dynamic […]
Our blog service, blog.inf.ed.ac.uk, is overdue an update. It is currently running 4.2.7 of WordPress, the current version is 4.5.2. The plan is to update blog.inf.ed.ac.uk to 4.5.2 (Coleman release) next Thursday 19th May at 9am. We’re not expecting any problems, but you can try out a test update of a clone of blog.inf taken […]
The 2nd minor update to ScientificLinux 7 (which is based on RHEL7) is now ready for deployment to the Informatics SL7 DICE office machines. At this point the update will NOT be deployed in the student labs, they will remain on SL7.1 until after exams have finished at the end of May. A minor update […]
As input to a review which Information Services are conducting into EdLAN, the network which ties the University together, I have written a document which describes the Informatics network and the various “requirements” that guide its design and management. Please feel free to read it! I hope you don’t find the style too offputting; it […]
Most of you should now be aware that the College recently introduced a policy requiring the encryption of mobile devices and desktops, particularly where these are likely to be used for handling sensitive data. Sensitive data can include :- email from students to personal tutors or from staff to their line managers about their health […]
IPv6 update… Since my previous post announcing the start of the IPv6 investigation project, good progress has been made: IPv6 support has been tested on the variety of network switches that we run. As expected, it’s generally good on our newer models, but unreliable or non-existent on our older models. Our ongoing rolling replacement of […]
As you were reading Johanna’s email last month on the encryption of personal computing devices, you may have noticed that this advice is but one part of a College of Science and Engineering action plan on data security (this plan was included in Johanna’s message). There are several actions which Schools are required to perform […]
If you have a DICE SL7 desktop you will be prompted to reboot over the next few days. This is required to make an important configuration change which can only be safely applied at boot time. We understand that reboots can be very inconvenient so you can be assured that we will only ever schedule […]
Some staff and postgrads who haven’t yet had their DICE desktop upgraded to SL7 have been having trouble logging in at the start of the day, after waking their machine from sleep. We’ve been gathering evidence on this problem, but so far the cause is not fully understood. We do know that on affected machines […]
I’ve posted some information about the future of alpine on DICE on my blog. But don’t worry, it’s good news.
