We ♥ Open Source!
CIF is committed to open source software. Some of our internal projects are publicly hosted online, and all of our servers proudly run on open sourced technologies.
Operating Systems
Rocky Linux
Many of CIF’s internal systems run on Rocky Linux, a RHEL compatible OS developed after Red Hat discontinued CentOS.
Debian
Debian is an ultra-stable Linux Distribution that we use for many of our servers, including our cluster node, Roundtable!
We’ve used it for many years here, due to it being highly reliable, to much success. In fact, this website is being hosted by a computer running Debian!
It is a well known fact that CIF loves Debian. Perhaps more than any single organization should.
In fact, CIF runs an official debian mirror!
Arch Linux & Arch POWER
A number of computers in our lab run Arch Linux, a simple, lightweight, and portable installation that is customizable enough for our needs. It is one of the few Distributions that has a port for PowerPCs, which is fun for experimenting if nothing else.
NetBSD
A few of our servers and general computers run NetBSD, CIF’s preferred BSD descendant. NetBSD works wonderfully on older hardware (And supports neigh on everything from a Vax 11/780 to modern x86_64 computers!). At CIF, we use it to keep our SPARCstation 10s running a modern OS, as well as keeping our older x86 servers secure, and running.
Software
Wordpress
We use Wordpress, a simple Content Management System, to run our website. We use it because it simplifies the process of maintaining our website, and it’s customizable enough to meet our needs.
Pufferpanel
An Open source game server management system. At the lab, we use it to manage all of the game servers that CIF runs, including our own Minecraft server!
Developers! Developers! Developers!