Hi all, We use Debian and SBGRID. We have coot and pymol running in stereo with 3D vision glasses. If that’s helpful.
Regards Christine. Sent from my iPad > On Feb 20, 2021, at 7:57 AM, Paul Emsley <[email protected]> wrote: > > FWIW, looks like somebody at ETH Zurich is (or had been) trying to bring > Coot into the OS: > > http://phd-sid.ethz.ch/debian/coot/coot-0.9.2/ > > Hello! Let me know if I can help. > > Paul. > > >> On 20/02/2021 15:35, Tim Gruene wrote: >> Hi Matthias, >> >> I have been using Debian for more than a decade. Every stable release >> is supported for at least 5 years. >> Many crystallographic libraries and some programs are part of the >> standard repository, like raster3d, pymol, shelxle, libccp4, >> libclipper, ... >> >> Debian is particularly stable, and requires little maintenance. >> >> Cheers, >> Tim >> >> On Fri, 19 Feb 2021 21:35:46 +0100 >> Matthias Zeug <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> >>> >>> I just came across the (already quite old) news that Red-Hat switches >>> their support-policy for CentOS to a rolling preview model (replacing >>> CentOS Linux by CentOS Stream): >>> >>> https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-red-hat-dumped-centos-for-centos-stream/ >>> >>> https://www.enterpriseai.news/2021/01/22/red-hats-disruption-of-centos-unlea >>> shes-storm-of-dissent/ >>> >>> >>> >>> I wondered if that has any implications for the community, as >>> scientific programs - maybe except the big ones like coot, Phenix, >>> and ccp4 - are often not *that* well maintained for an extended >>> period. I had the impression CentOS was liked especially for its >>> "unbreakability," and it seems to be the main developing platform >>> for some widely used smaller programs (e.g., adxv). >>> >>> >>> >>> Do you think it would be advisable to switch to a Ubuntu-distro when >>> setting up new workstations in the future, or is it safe to stick to >>> CentOS? >>> >>> >>> >>> Please let me know what you think :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> >>> >>> Matthias >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Matthias Zeug >>> >>> Buchmann Institute of Molecular Life Sciences >>> >>> Goethe University Frankfurt >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ######################################################################## >>> >>> To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: >>> https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 >>> >>> This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a >>> mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are >>> available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ >> >> > > ######################################################################## > > To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 > > This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing > list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at > https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/ ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
