<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487008394584_3246">Tony and all,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487008394584_3247"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487008394584_3164">Could we crowdfund, at $25 each, the building of BioLinux 9? How many are on this listserv?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487008394584_3189"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487008394584_3188">Brian<br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1487008394584_3163"><span></span></div> <div class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div dir="ltr"><font size="2" face="Arial"> On Monday, February 13, 2017 7:36 AM, Tony Travis <tony.travis@minke-informatics.co.uk> wrote:<br></font></div> <br><br> <div class="y_msg_container">Hi,<br><br>[apologies to Mark Twain]<br><br>I've seen a comments on SeqAnswers that Bio-Linux is 'dead' and people<br>are concerned that Bio-Linux is no longer being maintained because the<br>lead developer Tim Booth has now left the Bio-Linux project for a new job.<br><br>Let me assure you that Bio-Linux is not dead, the PPA's are working and<br>so are the mailing lists, like this one. It's a testament to the great<br>work that Tim did that we can still keep our Bio-Linux 8 systems<br>up-to-date simply using:<br><br> apt update<br> apt full-upgrade<br><br>Bear in mind that Ubuntu 14.04 LTS will be supported until April 2019:<br><br>> <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS</a><br><br>Please spread the word that we are seeking funding to develop Bio-Linux<br>9 based on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and post your experiences of upgrading<br>Bio-Linux 8 to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS here so we can make a community effort<br>to fix the problems.<br><br>Bio-Linux is supported by its user community but it also depends on<br>contributions from the Debian-Med team, who are making their<br>bioinformatics packages available to Ubuntu users before they are<br>available via the Debian repositories.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br> Tony.<br><br>-- <br>Minke Informatics Limited, Registered in Scotland - Company No. SC419028<br>Registered Office: 3 Donview, Bridge of Alford, AB33 8QJ, Scotland (UK)<br>tel. +44(0)19755 63548 <a href="http://minke-informatics.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://minke-informatics.co.uk</a><br>mob. +44(0)7985 078324 mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:tony.travis@minke-informatics.co.uk" href="mailto:tony.travis@minke-informatics.co.uk">tony.travis@minke-informatics.co.uk</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Bio-Linux-list mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org" href="mailto:Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org">Bio-Linux-list@bioinformatics.org</a><br><a href="http://www.bioinformatics.org/mm/listinfo/bio-linux-list" target="_blank">http://www.bioinformatics.org/mm/listinfo/bio-linux-list</a><br><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></div></body></html>