Also worthy of mention are the following bio Linux packages:
- Debian
Med:
A Debian Linux-flavored operating system for medical research and
practices.
- BioBrew:
a
collection of open-source applications for life scientists which can be
used to create a distribution customized for both cluster and
bioinformatics computing.
- DNALinux:
a virtual
machine with pre-installed bioinformatics software which can be run
using VMWare on Windows XP, Vista, or Linux.
- Bioknoppix:
a
live Linux CD that includes EMBOSS 2.8.0, Jemboss, Artemis, Clustal,
Cn3D, ImageJ, BioPython, Rasmol, Bioperl, and Bioconductor.
- Vlinux:
a CD-based distribution based on Knoppix 3.3 that includes a variety of
sequence and structure analysis packages.
- Vigyaancd:
a live
Linux CD that contains programs for bioinformatics, computational
biology and computational chemistry. It also has genomes from E. coli (K 12) and Synechococcus sp.