[POLL]Linux Software

[ete]

Hello everybody!

I programming some Biotools (Blasting, Ligation, Alignments, RNAi off-target, PCR etc.) in my free-time, mostly for Windows.

I have a question whether there is any interest for Linux users (esp. Ubuntu) to use such tools. The Ubuntu software center has a lack of scientific tools but before I start to port my programs, I would like to know whether there is an interest from the user site.

So how many of you have access/use Ubuntu for work?

Thanks for any comment!
Stefanie

[r.rosati]

I use Linux at work, but it's Debian (the testing release, Wheezy). The Kernel is 3.2.0-2-amd64, with GNOME 3.4.2.

[danudwary]

Stefanie,
While I certainly wouldn't discourage anybody from building more bioinformatics tools, you should check out BioLinux. It's a full-on Ubuntu with many, many bioinformatics tools pre-configured.

[Bluewoodtree]

We are using Ubuntu in my current lab. Previously I was in a lab with openSUSE and Red Hat.

I think you are really wrong: "The Ubuntu software center has a lack of scientific tools". Most scientific tools (from phylogenetics to protein modeling) are JUST available for Linux/Unix. CHARMM, Amber, DrugScore, Modeller... this is an infinite list