From tbooth at ceh.ac.uk  Mon Mar  1 06:59:27 2010
From: tbooth at ceh.ac.uk (Tim Booth)
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:59:27 +0000
Subject: [Bio-linux-dev] Bio-Linux 6 plans and release schedule - draft
Message-ID: <1267444767.8336.33.camel@barsukas>

Dear Bio-Linux users,

We have recently posted information on our website regarding the
forthcoming release of Bio-Linux.  Version 6 of the Bio-Linux system
will be based on the new Ubuntu LTS (long-term support) release.  The
major change in the release will be a move to a 64-bit system,
supporting memory intensive tasks such as assembly of high-throughput
sequence data.

The release date is set for June 4, but pre-releases will be available
prior to this and updates to our software packages will continue to be
made on an ongoing basis.  We're keen to hear your feedback on our plans
and any ideas you have for improvements and additions.  A detailed
announcement and feedback form can be found on our website here:

http://nebc.nox.ac.uk/nebc/news/bio-linux-6

Ongoing technical discussions will take place on the developers mailing
list (http://envgen.nox.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/bio-linux-announce), so
please feel free to join that if you are interested.  Future
announcements will be posted to bio-linux-announce list as well as the
NEBC home page.

Best regards,

The NEBC Team

-- 
Tim Booth <tbooth at ceh.ac.uk>
NERC Environmental Bioinformatics Centre 
at CEH Wallingford
+44 1491 69 2705




From tbooth at ceh.ac.uk  Tue Mar  2 09:17:55 2010
From: tbooth at ceh.ac.uk (Tim Booth)
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:17:55 +0000
Subject: [Bio-linux-dev] [Bio-linux-announce] Bio-Linux 6 plans and
	release schedule
In-Reply-To: <3A5B0BBDAF00724AB5F101556501023001DB9AE00A@LESMBX1.adf.bham.ac.uk>
References: <1267444767.8336.33.camel@barsukas>
	<3A5B0BBDAF00724AB5F101556501023001DB9AE00A@LESMBX1.adf.bham.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <1267539475.8336.132.camel@barsukas>

Hi Tony,

Bio-Linux 6 will only install on 64-bit architectures.  If you try to
boot the installer DVD on a 32-bit machine it will display an error
message and go no further.  However, virtually all modern machines are
64-bit capable, even if not advertised as such.  This includes things as
old as the Dell Precision 670s that were our recommended systems way
back in 2005.

If you do have an older PC, you will still be able to upgrade Ubuntu to
the latest release and you will still be able to obtain software
packages from us.  After June, we will no longer prioritise packaging
new versions of applications for 32-bit systems, but if you need a
specific package it is very likely we will be able to arrange it.

I hope that answers your question.

Cheers,

TIM

On Tue, 2010-03-02 at 11:36 +0000, Anthony Pemberton wrote:
> Tim,
> 
> Will Bio-Linux 6 only install on 64-bit architecture or will it also install on 32-bit?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Tony Pemberton