[Bio-linux-list] Bio-Linux 8.0.8

[Mahendra Modi]

Tony,

Thanks very much for the information. We will surely be installing the new
point release soon.

Mahendra

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*Prof. Mahendra K Modi*
*Head, Agril Biotechnology & Coordinator, DIC*
*Assam Agricultural University*
*Jorhat 785013, India*


On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 4:02 PM, Tony Travis <
tony.travis at minke-informatics.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We are pleased to announce a point release of Bio-Linux 8.0.8 that can
> be downloaded from:
>
> > https://www.bioinformatics.org/groups/?group_id=341
>
> This release is based on the work done by Will McCaffery to update and
> improve Tim Booth's "build-bio-linux" scripts during a summer internship
> with me at the University of Aberdeen and I want to thank Will for his
> valuable contribution to Bio-Linux.
>
>   Tony Travis.
>
>
> Release notes:
>
> The Bio-Linux 8.0.8 point release contains an updated Linux kernel to
> improve support for modern WiFi chipsets in particular and all the
> packages have been updated. This release is mainly intended to improve
> the use of Bio-Linux on a USB-stick or DVD. However, the 8.0.8 release
> also has "mdadm" pre-installed to make installation and rescue of
> Bio-Linux instances on "md" RAID simpler.
>
> PLEASE NOTE: Bio-Linux 8.0.7 instances installed to hard disk do NOT
> need to be updated using the Bio-Linux 8.0.8 point release. Bio-Linux is
> normally configured for unattended upgrades of core packages and will be
> upgraded automatically in situ. A manual update will be necessary to
> upgrade ALL packages installed:
>
> sudo apt update
> sudo apt full-upgrade
>
> Changelog:
>
> The Bio-Linux 8.0.8 point release was created using Tim Booth's
> "build-bio-linux" scripts updated and modified by Will McCaffery and
> Tony Travis:
>
> https://github.com/Bio-Linux/
>
>
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