[Bio-linux-dev] Bio-Linux 6 Beta 1 release

[Tony Travis]

On 05/05/10 15:20, Tim Booth wrote:
> Dear Bio-Linux testers,
>
> I'm pleased and relieved to send out the first Beta of Bio-Linux 6
> (build 6.0.13).  I hope you enjoy it and look forward to the feedback
> and discussion.  Please download the ISO from here:
>
> http://nebc.nerc.ac.uk/downloads/bl_beta_release/
>[...]

Hello, Tim.

Although the NX client is installed, it's not on the menu and I think it 
would also be useful to install the NX session administrator tool.

I wonder why you populate /usr/local/bin with symbolic links into 
/usr/local/bioinf?

This makes it difficult to preserve 'local' installations, because it's 
complex to merge an old version of /usr/local/bin.

According to the FHS:

"The /usr/local hierarchy is for use by the system administrator when 
installing software locally. It needs to be safe from being overwritten 
when the system software is updated. It may be used for programs and 
data that are shareable amongst a group of hosts, but not found in /usr"

Why not just have /usr/local/bioinf/bin and put that on the PATH?

In our system, we do share /usr/local amongst a group of hosts. This 
makes it difficult to install bio-Linux on all the hosts. Previously, 
I've installed Bio-Linux on one host, and shared /usr/local from that 
one with other 'vanilla' installations of the same release of Ubuntu.

What I plan to do is create a "bio-linux-client" deb that will install 
all the necessary dependencies for making use of a shared /usr/local 
from a Bio-Linux 'server' instance with Bio-Linux 'clients'.

Re: security, I recommend that you install "fail2ban", and "rkhunter".

Bye,

   Tony.
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