On Jan 28, 2004, at 8:17 AM, Mamoon Kundi wrote: > Hi Dan, > Thanks for the explanation. Another question though: > > Bioinformatics apps shipped with BioBrew are about the same shipped > with > Bio-Linux, correct ? > I mean, both linux distributions comes shipped with same/similar > bioinformatics software ? I believe Bio-Linux has a lot more software than BioBrew. > > One can get the open-source software anyway, correct. I hope so. I'm going to try and get their software and put it into BioBrew ; ) > > Is it optimized in any way on BioBrew, cuz as I understand it has to be > recompiled with specific libs to be able to run on the cluster, do you > know ? Many of the programs don't need any parallel communication libraries like MPICH, but those programs that do, e.g. mpiBLASt, Gromacs, are built with them so that they will run on a cluster. Glen > > -Rgds > Mamoon. > -----Original Message----- > From: BioBrew-Users-admin at bioinformatics.org > [mailto:BioBrew-Users-admin at bioinformatics.org] On Behalf Of Dan Swan > Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2004 2:10 AM > To: BioBrew-Users at bioinformatics.org > Subject: Re: [BioBrew Users] BioBrew Vs Bio-linux > > > 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 :) > > cheers! > > Dan > > -- > Dr Dan Swan - Bio-Linux Developer | RHCE > EGTDC, CEH, Mansfield Road, Oxford, OX1 3SR > Tel: 01865 281 658 Fax: 01865 281 696 > http://bio-linux.net/ | dswan at ceh.ac.uk > > _______________________________________________ > BioBrew-Users mailing list > BioBrew-Users at bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/BioBrew-Users > > _______________________________________________ > BioBrew-Users mailing list > BioBrew-Users at bioinformatics.org > https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/BioBrew-Users > > Glen Otero, Ph.D. Linux Prophet 619.917.1772