Bio-Linux Changelog
What's new in Bio-Linux 8.0.5
Jan 9, 2015- Addresses a recent issue with the desktop failing to start on VirtualBox due to incompatible drivers.
- Updates various packages, notably QIIME and Bowtie-Bio tools.
- Adds the pandaseq paired end assembler.
- Adds the updated beginners tutorial specific to Bio-Linux 8.
New in Bio-Linux 8.0.2 (Jul 30, 2014)
- New Ubuntu 14.04 base system supports the latest hardware and provides up-to-date office software, multimedia, etc.
- Updated versions of key bioinformatics applications like QIIME, Mothur, Jalview, Artemis, BLAST, Bowtie-Bio tools and many more (users who do not upgrade will no longer get updates).
- Up-to-date versions of many R packages, including ggplot2, DESeq and edgeR plus updated Bioconductor and thousands more packages available for direct installation via C2D4U.
- Provision of pre-prepared templates for use on VMWare/VirtualBox.
- Replacement of NX with x2go, a more flexible version of the fast and secure remote-desktop system.
- Inclusion of the MATE desktop as a lightweight alternative to Unity.
- A more robust packaging of Galaxy, with support for loading tool-shed tools, Apache proxy, automated PostgreSQL set-up, authentication to local accounts and SFTP file uploads.
- A free kitten with every download!
- … ok, I may have lied about the kitten but we do have some gorgeous new wallpapers submitted by the user community – see below.
New in Bio-Linux 7.0.3 (Nov 22, 2012)
- Bio-Linux 7 is a fully featured, powerful, configurable and easy to maintain bioinformatics workstation. Bio-Linux provides more than 500 bioinformatics programs on an Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS base. There is a graphical menu for bioinformatics programs, as well as easy access to the Bio-Linux bioinformatics documentation system and sample data useful for testing programs.
- Bio-Linux 7 adds many improvements over previous versions, including the Galaxy analysis environment. There are also various packages to handle new generation sequence data types.
- You can install Bio-Linux on your machine, either as the only operating system, or as part of a dual-boot setup which allows you to use your current system and Bio-Linux on the same hardware.
- Bio-Linux also runs Live from the DVD or a USB stick. This runs in the memory of your machine and does not involve installing anything. This is a great, no-hassle way to try out Bio-Linux, demonstrate or teach with it, or to work with when you are on the move.
- Bio-Linux is built on open source systems and software, and so is free to to install and use.