Never received a response back from the folks at ProteoWizard. If anyone 
else has learned of anything new, please share!

On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 8:54:34 PM UTC-5, Adam Rabalski wrote:
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> Thanks for the clarification. I've sent the folks at ProteoWizard an 
> e-mail. Anything I learn I'll post in the forum.
>
> Best,
>
> Adam
>
> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 7:10:23 PM UTC-5, Michael Hoopmann wrote:
>>
>> Hi Adam,
>> Yes, that is the linux compatible driver. Specifically, it works through 
>> Mono. However, I'm not sure if any existing converters have been updated to 
>> make use of it. msconvert is maintained by ProteoWizard, and it might be 
>> best to see if they have a linux version that uses those drivers. I am not 
>> sure what VM we use for our msconvert via linux, but perhaps someone else 
>> on this board knows.
>> Cheers,
>> Mike
>>
>> On Monday, July 30, 2018 at 12:54:45 PM UTC-7, Adam Rabalski wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mike,
>>>
>>> Do you know if this has changed recently? I see that Thermo has a 
>>> RawFileReader that they say is compatible with linux now 
>>> http://planetorbitrap.com/rawfilereader#.W19raqdKi71 Is this the linux 
>>> compatible driver you speak of? Is there a msconvert version that can take 
>>> the vendor library from thermo and convert raw -> mzML in linux? Or is this 
>>> still only possible through mono or a windows vm? How does your group at 
>>> ISB handle this and which VM setup do you recommend?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Adam
>>>
>>> On Saturday, June 2, 2018 at 11:06:48 AM UTC-5, Michael Hoopmann wrote:
>>>>
>>>> No, there isn't a native tool for Linux that reads vendor formats. 
>>>> Unfortunately, vendor formats are proprietary and requires the vendor 
>>>> drivers to access those files and convert them. All of those drivers are 
>>>> Windows only, as the vendors have decided that is their platform of 
>>>> choice. 
>>>> Thermo will eventually release a Linux compatible driver set for Mono, 
>>>> maybe you can even get your hands on the development version - but it will 
>>>> only read the file. Converting it to another format will require 
>>>> additional 
>>>> coding or interfacing with ProteoWizard.
>>>>
>>>> One possible solution would be to create a Windows virtual machine for 
>>>> converting vendor formats. It can be fired up inside Linux, then convert 
>>>> the vendor files to mzML using msconvert from ProteoWizard, copy the mzML 
>>>> files back to your Linux filesystem, and wind down the VM.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Mike
>>>>
>>>>

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