[BioBrew Users] is BioBrew right for me?

[Humberto Ortiz Zuazaga]

Disclaimer: I'm going to recommend one a linux distribution I helped prepare, 
your mileage may vary.

Biobrew is a bit heavy for installing on a laptop for personal use, it's 
geared towards a cluster of dedicated computers.

I can suggest bioknoppix: http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/

It's a linux live CD with many tools for bioinformatics. It's designed to run 
right off the CD, but can be installed to a partition on a hard drive. 
Installed size is around 2 GB.

DNALinux is a similar project, but based on SLAX, the last time I looked. I 
recommend one of those, as you can start working with the programs and linux 
without having to deal with partitions or anything. As you build more 
knowledge and confidence in your linux skills, then you can install to a 
partition.

Good luck,

-- 
Humberto Ortiz Zuazaga
Programmer-Archaeologist
High Performance Computing facility
University of Puerto Rico
http://www.hpcf.upr.edu/~humberto/