Dear All, I gladly inform you that, our first beta version of BioPuppy Linux is out now. The motivation of this FOSS project is, to provide a good user friendly Linux for Bioinformatics people. BioPuppy is a community project for educational and learning purpose for bioinfo people.
*About BioPuppy Linux * BioPuppy Linux OS is an electronic workbench for bio-informatics and computational biology. It has been designed to meet the needs of beginners. BioPuppy is available as a live CD cum installation CD [and in USB Pen drive] and containing all the required software to boot the computer with ready to use bio-informatics tools. BioPuppy is based of the Puppy Linux. The another objective of this BioPuppy is small in size (~180MB). Download BioPuppy main page and download page is here, http://nrcfosshelpline.in/code/wiki/BioPuppy *Features of BioPuppy * * More user friendly and easy to use for those new to Linux. * Contains all the necessary Bioinformatics tools. * BioPuppy will boot from a minimum PC/Laptop with 586Mhz CPU and 32Mb RAM * Easy to install in Hard disk, USB Pen drive and Compact Flash (CF) cards. No fear on installation for those new to Linux. * You can install the softwares from your live cd and save your sessions. Your session will be restored in the next the boot. * Very small in size (~180MB). But it has everything. * BioPuppy can run your operating system, programs and store your data on the same CD-RW/Pen drive/Hard disk * BioPuppy contains extensive help files for ALL its programs and Bioinformatcis tools with screen shot. * Can easily update new version. * Also an Desktop Linux OS * Bring all your programs, tools, moves, songs with light weight BioPuppy Linux in a single USB Pen drive. * Every thing is Free/Open Source under the GPL license. You are legally allowed to redistribute it. Biology softwares included Sequence Analysis Tools : Sim-4, Tigr-Glimmer 2, Genewise, Muscle, Sigma, HMMER, Clustal-W, mafft Structure Prediction Tools : mfold, gibbs Protein Structure Analysis Tools : Garlic, Rasmol Phylogenetic Analysis tools : Fast DNA, Phylip, Phylodraw Protein Modeling : Modeller, Docking : MGL Tools ( Autodock tools, Python Molecular Viewer (PMV), Vision) System Biology : Copasi On-line tools : BLAST, EMBOSS Your valuable feedbacks, suggestions and contributions are most welcome!. -- ========================================== With Regards, Prakash.A.S, visit http://electronica.org.in is a Open source site for Embedded System learners,beginners and job seekers. ========================================== _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc