<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Knoppix can be installed to a hard drive: <A href="http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Hard_Drive_Install_FAQ">http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Hard_Drive_Install_FAQ</A>, so bioknoppix should be able to as well, if it's based on the correct version of Knoppix.<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Glen</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Dec 8, 2005, at 11:59 AM, Carlo Lapid wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">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.<BR><BR>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? <BR><BR>Again, thanks. And this will be my last biobrew-unrelated question.<BR><BR>Carlo<BR><BR><DIV><SPAN class="gmail_quote">On 12/9/05, <B class="gmail_sendername"><A href="mailto:BioBrew-Users-request@bioinformatics.org">BioBrew-Users-request@bioinformatics.org</A></B> <<A href="mailto:BioBrew-Users-request@bioinformatics.org">BioBrew-Users-request@bioinformatics.org</A>> wrote:</SPAN><BLOCKQUOTE class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> Send BioBrew-Users mailing list submissions to<BR> <A href="mailto:BioBrew-Users@bioinformatics.org">BioBrew-Users@bioinformatics.org</A><BR><BR>To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR> <A href="https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/BioBrew-Users">https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/BioBrew-Users</A><BR>or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<BR> <A href="mailto:BioBrew-Users-request@bioinformatics.org"> BioBrew-Users-request@bioinformatics.org</A><BR><BR>You can reach the person managing the list at<BR> <A href="mailto:BioBrew-Users-owner@bioinformatics.org">BioBrew-Users-owner@bioinformatics.org</A><BR><BR> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<BR>than "Re: Contents of BioBrew-Users digest..."<BR><BR><BR>Today's Topics:<BR><BR> 1. Re: is BioBrew right for me? (Glen Otero)<BR><BR><BR> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR><BR>Message: 1<BR>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 18:26:24 -0800<BR>From: Glen Otero <<A href="mailto:glen@callident.com">glen@callident.com</A>><BR>Subject: Re: [BioBrew Users] is BioBrew right for me? <BR>To: The Virtual BioBrew Think Tank<BR> <<A href="mailto:BioBrew-Users@bioinformatics.org">BioBrew-Users@bioinformatics.org</A>><BR>Cc: <A href="mailto:aximili23@gmail.com">aximili23@gmail.com</A><BR>Message-ID: < <A href="mailto:11055BB5-DAEE-44BE-83DF-07AA4AE2E02D@callident.com">11055BB5-DAEE-44BE-83DF-07AA4AE2E02D@callident.com</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed<BR><BR>Hi Carlo-<BR><BR> As head of the BioBrew project, I agree with Jeff and Humberto that a<BR>CD-based Linux version is the way to go when testing the Linux<BR>waters. BioBrew can be installed on a laptop and used like a desktop<BR>distro, but it's overkill for the beginner. If I don't have to build <BR>a cluster, I prefer to use LiveCD Linux distros for bioinformatics,<BR>so I would recommend the same for you.<BR><BR>Good luck!<BR><BR>Glen<BR><BR><BR>On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:03 AM, J.W. Bizzaro wrote:<BR><BR>> Hi Carlo, <BR>><BR>> If you're not that familiar with Linux, you may want to try a<BR>> LiveCD version based on Knoppix Linux:<BR>><BR>> <A href="http://bioinformatics.org/vlinux/">http://bioinformatics.org/vlinux/ </A><BR>> <A href="http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/">http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/</A><BR>><BR>> That way, you won't need to partition your drive.<BR>><BR>> DNALinux and Bio-Linux are also hosted here. DNALinux doesn't seem <BR>> to be active right now, but I could be wrong. Bio-Linux is<BR>> actually a hard drive image, last I remember.<BR>><BR>> There are a few others that have been posted on the news forum over<BR>> the last couple years. Personally, I've only worked with RedHat- <BR>> based distros.<BR>><BR>> BioBrew currently supports just Rocks Linux for clusters, which is<BR>> based on RedHat Enterprise. It's probably not the best option for<BR>> someone looking to experiment with Linux on a laptop :-) <BR>><BR>> This may be a good question for the main forum:<BR>><BR>> <A href="mailto:bbb@bioinformatics.org">bbb@bioinformatics.org</A><BR>><BR>> Cheers,<BR>> Jeff<BR>><BR>> Carlo Lapid wrote: <BR>><BR>>> I'm a molecular biology student interested in learning more about<BR>>> bioinformatics. I plan to purchase a new laptop very soon, and<BR>>> thought I'd have it partitioned, with a distribution of linux <BR>>> that's geared towards bioinformatics installed in the second<BR>>> partition. That way I can do most of my work with the first<BR>>> partition, but use the second partition to familiarize myself with <BR>>> both the linux environment and standard bioinformatics tools and<BR>>> software. (I've heard that linux is the way to go for anyone<BR>>> serious about doing work in bioinformatics).<BR>>> My question is, what distribution of linux is right for me? I've <BR>>> heard of BioBrew, Bio-Linux, DNALinux, and others, and I'm not<BR>>> sure which one I should install. Does anyone have any suggestions<BR>>> or advice?<BR>>> Here are some points I'm considering: <BR>>> 1) I'm hardly familiar with Linux, so I'd like a distribution<BR>>> that's easy to install and learn.<BR>>> 2) It has to be free, something I can just download from the<BR>>> Internet.<BR>>> 3) The laptop I'm getting has 80 GB of disk space, I'm intending <BR>>> to partition it maybe 60-20. So whatever distribution I'm getting<BR>>> should fit well into 20 GB.<BR>>> Any help would be immensely appreciated.<BR>>> Carlo<BR>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- <BR>>> ---<BR>>> _______________________________________________<BR>>> BioBrew-Users mailing list<BR>>> <A href="mailto:BioBrew-Users@bioinformatics.org">BioBrew-Users@bioinformatics.org</A><BR> >> <A href="https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/BioBrew-Users">https://bioinformatics.org/mailman/listinfo/BioBrew-Users</A><BR>>><BR>><BR>> --<BR>> J.W. Bizzaro<BR>> Bioinformatics Organization, Inc. 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