Linux for Bioinformatics

DNALinux is a LiveCD for running bioinformatics programs.
New version ready. Go to download page to download the torrent file.

DNALinux VDE: Call for programs

Next version of DNALinux will be called "Virtual Desktop Edition" and will be based on Xubuntu. We are accepting request to include bioinformatics software for this release.
If there is a specific bioinformatics software you would like to see included in DNALinux, please email us at: info AT dnalinux.com and we will consider inclusion in DNALinux Virtual Desktop Edition.
Criteria for software inclussion on DNALinux:
Programs should have a license that allows free distribution. Any FSF or OSI approved license would be OK. Academic or proprietary license is OK as long as allows us to distribute the resulting distro. Free license will have priority over proprietary ones.
Software already in DNALinux VDE:
  1. NCBI BLAST 2.2.16
  2. NCBI NetBLAST 2.2.16
  3. EMBOSS 4.1.0
  4. ESIM4 (EMBOSS SIM4)
  5. MSE 1.0.0
  6. Phylip 3.6b
  7. Biopython 1.43
  8. BioPerl
  9. Kalign 1.04
  10. Clustalx and Clustalw 1.83
  11. njplot
  12. Polyxmass 0.9.7
  13. Primer3
  14. Rasmol 2.7.2.1.1
  15. Sigma-align 1.0
  16. t_coffe 2.50
  17. xviewg
  18. Treeviewx 0.5.1
  19. hmmer 2.3.2
  20. NCBI-epcr
  21. Cn3D NCBI Database Viewer
  22. DDV Sequence Alignment Viewer
  23. Entrez NCBI Database Querying Tool
  24. OneD Biological Sequence Viewer
  25. PyMOL Molecular Graphics System
  26. Sequin DNA Sequence Submission Tool

DNALinux 0.5 is in beta state, that means it still not finished but it is usable enought for most needs.
What is new in DNALinux 0.5?
  1. Updated BLAST (2.2.10), EMBOSS (3.0.0), FinchTV and Clustal (1.83) and JRE (1.5).
  2. Graphical programs can be accessed from KDE.
  3. Based on Slax 5.06 (with Kernel 2.6 and better hardware support).
  4. HD installer (not tested, use with care!)
  5. Smaller size thanks to better compression provided by SquashFS