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Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 23:06:33 +0200
> From:
steffen_moeller@gmx.de
> To: debian-med@lists.debian.org
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Subject: Re: Clouds and NG sequencing
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> On 08/08/2010
09:00 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Could
you please elaborate more why you need to create a Linux Distro
>
> for Bioinformatics?
>And there is some strong interest
>
in some rather lowish levels of the boot process hoping
> to
optimise that for speed, efficiency and ... curiosity
> (I hope
:o) ) .
As Steffen pointed out the reason for my interest in
creating a Linux Distro is two fold. First I want to achieve a
optimization in speed and efficiency with which a program runs.
Secondly its about the gain in knowledge and I am just curious to
find out whether it can be done.
The plan of work is to build a
LFS system, and implement the modifications in it.
Kernel
Modifications, Scheduler, File System(brtfs), a minimilistic
approach, TWM as the default desktop environment and Debian's
package managent system as Debian-med is the most comprehensive
repository for Bioinformatics software.
>
> Why not integrating your software into Debian and
> >
just use Debian Med?
I
am currently learning to use dpkg and git for that. We have created a
software package for Protein enggnering which I will share as soon as
I can.
As
far as using Debian goes, I do use it as my Desktop OS. But the point
is have a minimal system, which i feel can be achived only by
compiling a Linux system from source.
Also
I my lab for the NGS work they use CentOS, because they feel that its
more reliable(being a clone of RHEL). But I am trying to convert
them, given that you guys already have Maq and BWA.
>
I personally am more interested in the "why^{-1}", like,
how can he integrate
> Debian (which is the community (us)
and/or the software)
> into his scientific world - which again
is the technology
> and the people.
As
mentioned above I am already doing that, getting my lab people to work
on Debian and using it myself. I want to contribute by packaging but still learning about the process. The
Bioinfo Distro project is more for learning than anything else, its
my first Linux related project.
Thanking you,
Prakhar Gaur
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