[BioBrew Users] BioBrew Vs Bio-linux

[Glen Otero]

On Jan 28, 2004, at 2:09 AM, Dan Swan wrote:

> On Tue, 27 Jan 2004, Mamoon Kundi wrote:
>
>> Glen,
>> How do u compare BioBrew with Bio-Linux
>>
>> http://bio-linux.net
>>   or
>> http://envgen.nox.ac.uk/biolinux.html
>>
>> I have read your faq and theirs, but wanted to know ur input/comments 
>> on
>> this topic.
>>
>> What r the pros/cons of BioBrew that I need to be aware of ?
>> What applications programmatically lend themselves to be run 
>> efficiently
>> on a BioBrew machine ?
>
> Hi maybe I can hop in here and make some points.  My name is Dan Swan 
> and
> I am the Bio-Linux developer.
>
> The way I see it BioBrew is aimed at cluster deployment, Bio-Linux is
> squarely aimed at desktop use, although we do include Condor for loose
> clustering.
>
> BioBrew is a full Linux distribution, whereas Bio-Linux is currently
> (although this is changing) is distributed as a system image
> (see www.systemimager.org).
>
> Bio-Linux was designed to meet the needs of a single scientific
> community, but interest outside the community is causing
> us to change our development model.  Our focus has been, and always 
> will
> be, building bioinformatics workstations for bench scientists.
>
> If you are  looking for a cluster optimised 'proper' Linux distribution
> Bio-Linux is probably not what you are looking for.  If you are looking
> for a customised Linux desktop with bioinformatics applications with an
> easy route to loose clustering, it might be!
>
> Glen feel free to disagree as you see fit :)

You're pretty much right on Dan! While BioBrew is designed to deploy a 
cluster, it can be used as a bioinformatics workstation by doing a 
standalone 'frontend' installation. Then later on, if you wanted to 
build a cluster, you can add compute nodes on to the 'frontend.

Glen

>
> cheers!
>
> Dan
>
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