The University of Puerto Rico High Performance Computing facility (HPCf) and
the Puerto Rico Biomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN-PR) are
pleased to announce the release of bioknoppix. bioknoppix is a live CD linux,
based on KNOPPIX, and specialized to include tools for bioinformatics.
bioknoppix does not need to be installed on your computer, making it a perfect
tool for workshops and demos.
Some of the software included in the 0.3 release:
EMBOSS 2.8.0
jemboss
artemis
clustal
Cn3D
ImageJ
BioPython
Rasmol
Bioperl
Bioconductor
For more information please see the bioknoppix home page at:
http://bioknoppix.hpcf.upr.edu/
Comments
Version 0.3 Recalled
The bioknoppix team recalled the 0.3 release on the 13th Feb due to problems with their master. They'd been trying to fix problems with jemboss.
They plan to re-release beta version 0.3 sometime next week.
I'm currently test driving it and it's clear that there are problems with the jemboss distribution. i.e. It won't launch...
If anyone intends to download it and jemboss is a key part of their attraction then I'd suggest waiting until the next release. Currently only version 0.2 is available.
They've created a mailing list for those that are interested at http://lists.hpcf.upr.edu/mailman/listinfo/bioknoppix-discuss
handy in the right hands
I've seen this post in a few places - we'll let you off with our "no advertising rule" as it's free and open source!
I'd imagine this could be a useful tool for places with lots of student PCs that don't want to do Linux installs. Provided there are people in charge of those PCs who have a clue.