[BioBrew Users] Re: BioBrew-Users Digest, Vol 9, Issue 2

[Carlo Lapid]

Okay, thanks everyone! I've already bought my laptop (I'm using it to type
this email), and I didn't partition it. I'll be downloading bioknoppix soon.

I've used the old knoppix before, actually; and one problem I had was that I
couldn't save my files on the hard drive, since it ran from the CD drive.
Instead I had to save everything on diskettes. Will I still encounter that
problem with bioknoppix?

Again, thanks. And this will be my last biobrew-unrelated question.

Carlo

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> Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:26:24 -0800
> From: Glen Otero <glen at callident.com>
> Subject: Re: [BioBrew Users] is BioBrew right for me?
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> Hi Carlo-
>
> As head of the BioBrew project, I agree with Jeff and Humberto that a
> CD-based Linux version is the way to go when testing the Linux
> waters. BioBrew can be installed on a laptop and used like a desktop
> distro, but it's overkill for the beginner. If I don't have to build
> a cluster, I prefer to use LiveCD Linux distros for bioinformatics,
> so I would recommend the same for you.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Glen
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> On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:03 AM, J.W. Bizzaro wrote:
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> > Hi Carlo,
> >
> > If you're not that familiar with Linux, you may want to try a
> > LiveCD version based on Knoppix Linux:
> >
> >   http://bioinformatics.org/vlinux/
> >   http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/
> >
> > That way, you won't need to partition your drive.
> >
> > DNALinux and Bio-Linux are also hosted here.  DNALinux doesn't seem
> > to be active right now, but I could be wrong.  Bio-Linux is
> > actually a hard drive image, last I remember.
> >
> > There are a few others that have been posted on the news forum over
> > the last couple years.  Personally, I've only worked with RedHat-
> > based distros.
> >
> > BioBrew currently supports just Rocks Linux for clusters, which is
> > based on RedHat Enterprise.  It's probably not the best option for
> > someone looking to experiment with Linux on a laptop :-)
> >
> > This may be a good question for the main forum:
> >
> >   bbb at bioinformatics.org
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Jeff
> >
> > Carlo Lapid wrote:
> >
> >> I'm a molecular biology student interested in learning more about
> >> bioinformatics. I plan to purchase a new laptop very soon, and
> >> thought I'd have it partitioned, with a distribution of linux
> >> that's geared towards bioinformatics installed in the second
> >> partition. That way I can do most of my work with the first
> >> partition, but use the second partition to familiarize myself with
> >> both the linux environment and standard bioinformatics tools and
> >> software. (I've heard that linux is the way to go for anyone
> >> serious about doing work in bioinformatics).
> >> My question is, what distribution of linux is right for me? I've
> >> heard of BioBrew, Bio-Linux, DNALinux, and others, and I'm not
> >> sure which one I should install. Does anyone have any suggestions
> >> or advice?
> >> Here are some points I'm considering:
> >> 1) I'm hardly familiar with Linux, so I'd like a distribution
> >> that's easy to install and learn.
> >> 2) It has to be free, something I can just download from the
> >> Internet.
> >> 3) The laptop I'm getting has 80 GB of disk space, I'm intending
> >> to partition it maybe 60-20. So whatever distribution I'm getting
> >> should fit well into 20 GB.
> >> Any help would be immensely appreciated.
> >> Carlo
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