[BioBrew Users] is BioBrew right for me?

[Glen Otero]

Hi Carlo-

As head of the BioBrew project, I agree with Jeff and Humberto that a  
CD-based Linux version is the way to go when testing the Linux  
waters. BioBrew can be installed on a laptop and used like a desktop  
distro, but it's overkill for the beginner. If I don't have to build  
a cluster, I prefer to use LiveCD Linux distros for bioinformatics,  
so I would recommend the same for you.

Good luck!

Glen


On Dec 7, 2005, at 7:03 AM, J.W. Bizzaro wrote:

> Hi Carlo,
>
> If you're not that familiar with Linux, you may want to try a  
> LiveCD version based on Knoppix Linux:
>
>   http://bioinformatics.org/vlinux/
>   http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/
>
> That way, you won't need to partition your drive.
>
> DNALinux and Bio-Linux are also hosted here.  DNALinux doesn't seem  
> to be active right now, but I could be wrong.  Bio-Linux is  
> actually a hard drive image, last I remember.
>
> There are a few others that have been posted on the news forum over  
> the last couple years.  Personally, I've only worked with RedHat- 
> based distros.
>
> BioBrew currently supports just Rocks Linux for clusters, which is  
> based on RedHat Enterprise.  It's probably not the best option for  
> someone looking to experiment with Linux on a laptop :-)
>
> This may be a good question for the main forum:
>
>   bbb at bioinformatics.org
>
> Cheers,
> Jeff
>
> Carlo Lapid wrote:
>
>> I'm a molecular biology student interested in learning more about  
>> bioinformatics. I plan to purchase a new laptop very soon, and  
>> thought I'd have it partitioned, with a distribution of linux  
>> that's geared towards bioinformatics installed in the second  
>> partition. That way I can do most of my work with the first  
>> partition, but use the second partition to familiarize myself with  
>> both the linux environment and standard bioinformatics tools and  
>> software. (I've heard that linux is the way to go for anyone  
>> serious about doing work in bioinformatics).
>> My question is, what distribution of linux is right for me? I've  
>> heard of BioBrew, Bio-Linux, DNALinux, and others, and I'm not  
>> sure which one I should install. Does anyone have any suggestions  
>> or advice?
>> Here are some points I'm considering:
>> 1) I'm hardly familiar with Linux, so I'd like a distribution  
>> that's easy to install and learn.
>> 2) It has to be free, something I can just download from the  
>> Internet.
>> 3) The laptop I'm getting has 80 GB of disk space, I'm intending  
>> to partition it maybe 60-20. So whatever distribution I'm getting  
>> should fit well into 20 GB.
>> Any help would be immensely appreciated.
>> Carlo
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