Mark Forster wrote:
> I wanted to float the idea of a possible Ubuntu project here. Given the
> rationale of edubuntu I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built
> with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of
> value to academic and industrial researchers.
>
> It c
Hi
On 18/10/06, Martin Fitzpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Aside from just the science applications, doing this for other common
> sets of packages could be a real usability benefit for people new to
> ubuntu.
Agreed, but start small, and we don't really want to have hundreds of
meta packages
On 14/10/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 13/10/06, Mark Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built
> > with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to
> > academic and industrial researchers.
> Buildin
I thought SciBuntu
I wanted to float the idea of a possible Ubuntu project here. Given the
rationale of edubuntu I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built
with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to
academic and industrial researchers.
It could also be a
On 13/10/06, Nicholas Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Being able to master a CD based on one of the Ubuntu flavours to create
> a more 'BCF' Centric response would be ideal. However there are 3 things
> which stop me.
>
> a. Technical background
> b. Knowledge of where and h
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 13/10/06, Mark Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built
>> with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to
>> academic and industrial researchers.
> Building a new ubuntu distro is a big step
Michael,
Hi! Good to see an ex Manchester graduate on the list!
On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 15:14 +0100, Michael G. Wilkins wrote:
> I am an old code pusher/scientist - scientific programming,
> physics, graphics, etc etc. [The
> horrors of Fortran77!]. I did do some bsd and Silicon Graphics
>
On 13/10/06, Mark Forster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built
> with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to
> academic and industrial researchers.
Building a new ubuntu distro is a big step isn't it?
Maybe it would be bet
I would say that their are a few large problems to overcome for anyone
wanting to create such an alternative. Science in general is a rather
large field, everything from ringing bells at dogs to quantum physics,
fitting all the software that such a wide range of people would need
onto a single CD m
Hello everyone on the list - a new
member here, living in rural Pembrokeshire where I am
happily retired with a younger wife, older malt whiskey, 5
Border Collies, 2 cats and chickens
in the orchard. Maybe a brief intro before some
?Biobuntu? comments?
I am an old code pusher/s
Hello Mark,
Thanks for the posting, Im sure by now theres at least two types of
responses brewing. The first is the usual flamefest of dismisive and
derogatory responses that can occur, though thankfully on this list not
so much if at all occur. The second are the usual burst of wow what a
gre
Ubuntu UKers I wanted to float the idea of a possible Ubuntu project here. Given the rationale of edubuntu I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to academic and industrial researchers.
It could also be a set of p
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