On 13/10/06, Nicholas Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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Being able to master a CD based on one of the Ubuntu flavours to create
a more 'BCF' Centric response would be ideal. However there are 3 things
which stop me.
a. Technical background
b. Knowledge of where and how to get
Hello everyone on the list - a new
member here, living in rural Pembrokeshire where I am
happily retired with a younger wife, older malt whiskey, 5
Border Collies, 2 cats and chickens
in the orchard. Maybe a brief intro before some
?Biobuntu? comments?
I am an old code pusher/scientist
I would say that their are a few large problems to overcome for anyone
wanting to create such an alternative. Science in general is a rather
large field, everything from ringing bells at dogs to quantum physics,
fitting all the software that such a wide range of people would need
onto a single CD
Ubuntu UKers I wanted to float the idea of a possible Ubuntu project here. Given the rationale of edubuntu I wanted to suggest that a Ubuntu distro pre-built with a collection of valuable life science applications would be of value to academic and industrial researchers.
It could also be a set of