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If you are unsure, we recommend that you choose from the Ubuntu images we provide. Consult the table below to guide you on which one to use. To view the current list of public images in the Nimbus dashboard, click Compute → Images or this link https://nimbus.pawsey.org.au/horizon/project/images
In the table below there are collections of additional software packages installed. They are as follows:
- Pawsey extras: Docker, MCrclone, Singularity
- Bio extras: Bicontainers, CernVM-FS, Nextflow, Python3, Pip, Singularity-HPC, Spack
- CUDA: Nvidia software to support the use of vGPU instances
| Image name | Purpose | Description | Pawsey - Ubuntu 18.04 - 2022-05|
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Pawsey - Ubuntu 20.04 - 20222024-05 Pawsey - Ubuntu 22.04 - 20222024-05 | These are general purpose images for most people to use on Nimbus. The Long Term Support (LTS) releases are supported upstream for longer, so you will be able to keep using instances with these versions for longer than others. Use the latest version unless you have reason to use an older one. | Operating system: Ubuntu | |
Pawsey GPU CUDA 11 - Ubuntu 1820.04 - vGPU CUDA 10 - 20222024-07 | This is the Pawsey Ubuntu 1820.04 image with support for vGPU GPU added, available for projects with a vGPU GPU allocation. | Operating system: Ubuntu | |
Pawsey GPU CUDA 12 - Ubuntu 2022.04 - vGPU CUDA 11 - 2022-072024-05 | This is the Pawsey Ubuntu 2022.04 image with support for vGPU GPU added, available for projects with a vGPU GPU allocation. | Operating system: Ubuntu | |
| Pawsey Bio - Ubuntu 2022.04 - 20222024-05 | This is an image based on Ubuntu 2022.04 for bioinformatics users who require pre-installed popular software on their instances. For more information, see here. | Operating system: Ubuntu | |
Pawsey - CentOS 7 - 2022-05 Pawsey - CentOS Stream 8 - 2022-05 These are general purpose images. CentOS changed to use the Stream versions from 2021 onward.Rocky Linux 9 - 2024-05 | This is offered as a Red Hat based kernel option. | Operating system: CentOSRocky Linux 9 |
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