"Bio" Linux-es

RedHat/Fedora based

• BioLinux at biolinux.org
  • provies add-on RPM packages for RedHat/Fedora Core/SuSE
  • seems to be in preparation for renewal
  • package list
• BIOrpms at Karolinska Institute
  • provies add-on RPM packages for RedHat/Fedora Core
  • package list
• BioLand
  • provies installation CD-ROM images based on Fedora Core
• BioBrew Linux
  • provies installation CD-ROM images based on Fedora Core
  • customized for cluster
• Biopackages.net
  • provies add-on RPM packages for Fedora Core/CentOS and Apple Darwin

Debian based

• Bio-Linux at the Natural Environmental Research Council
  • provies installation CD-ROM images (on request)
  • provies add-on deb packages
  • package list
• Debian-Med

Knoppix based

• KNOB (KNOPPIX for Bio)
  • based on Knoppix JP
  • also provides High throughput computing edition
• Bioknoppix
  • based on Knoppix
  • package list
• Vigyaan
  • based on Knoppix
  • package list
• Quantian
  • based on clusterKnoppix
• VLinux - Bioinformatics Workbench
  • based on Knoppix
• APBioKnoppix
  • based on Knoppix

misc.

• BioLinux-BR at UNESP
  • provies installation CD-ROM images (on request)
  • provies RPM, deb and tgz packages for Debian/RedHat/Madrake/Conectiva/Slackware
  • package list
• DNALinux
  • provies bootable CD-ROM images (require registration) based on SLAX
• BLAST on CD
  • provies bootable CD-ROM images based on SLAX
  • the aim is a BLAST server ready to run