VLinux

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[edit] VLinux Bioinformatics Workbench

VLinux is a Linux distribution for Bioinformatics. It contains packages for molecular sequence and structure analysis. Some of these include EMBOSS, PyMOL, Rasmol etc.This wikibook is created to discuss about the usage of VLinux and about Bioinformatics, in general.

VLinux is based on Knoppix Version 3.3. This is a LiveCD i.e., does not require any installation onto hard disk.It configures the hardware present on the system automatically without requiring any user intervention and finally presents the user with a Desktop Environment..

[edit] Using VLinux

To use a live-cd, one has to boot directly from the CD instead of the hard disk. Which device to boot first is determined by the boot order setting in the BIOS. To change this setting, follow these steps

1. Insert the live-cd in the CDROM drive.
2. Reboot the system
3. When the system reboots, the initial BIOS screen is displayed. At this point, one can navigate to the BIOS setup by pressing the DELETE or F10 key.
4. Once inside setup, navigate to the menu (mostly in the advanced section) containing Boot order which may be set to hard disk by default. Change this to CDROM.
5. Save this setting and then exit to boot the system from the CD

[edit] Screenshots

KDE Desktop