The BioBrew Linux Distribution
Version 3.0 is now available, based on current versions of NPACI Rocks
and RedHat EL.

ABSTRACT:
BioBrew Linux is an open source Linux distribution that is enhanced for
life scientists. It is customized for cluster and bioinformatics
computing. It automates cluster installation, includes all the HPC
software a cluster enthusiast needs, and contains popular bioinformatics
applications.


A BioBrew cluster running at the Supercomputing Conference, November
2003

BioBrew Linux is "FREE AS IN BEER"! Choose a mirror to download ISOs and
documentation:

* Ontario, Canada (HTTP; Optical Carrier 3, 155.52 Mbps leased
lines (multiple); courtesy Mike Bloom)
* Germany (FTP/HTTP; Optical Carrier 3, 155.52 Mbps leased lines
(multiple); courtesy Robert Depenbrock)
The primary host and location for older versions of BioBrew Linux, is at
Bioinformatics.Org (HTTP; T1, 1.5+ Mbps line)

Printed versions of BioBrew Linux documentation and discs are available
for purchase! Proceeds help support Bioinformatics.Org.

INTRODUCTION:
BioBrew Linux is an open source Linux distribution based on the NPACI
Rocks (www.rocksclusters.org) cluster software and enhanced for
bioinformaticists and life scientists. While it looks, feels, and
operates like ordinary Red Hat Linux, BioBrew Linux includes popular
cluster software e.g. MPICH, LAM-MPI, PVM, Modules, PVFS, Myrinet GM,
Sun Grid Engine, gcc, Ganglia, and Globus, *and* popular bioinformatics
software e.g. the NCBI toolkit, BLAST, mpiBLAST, HMMER, ClustalW,
GROMACS, PHYLIP, WISE, FASTA, and EMBOSS. It runs on everything from
notebook computers to large clusters. BioBrew Linux for the x86
architecture is freely available for download at
http://bioinformatics.org/ftp/biobrew, a Bioinformatics.Org sponsored
and hosted website. BioBrew Linux for the Itanium architecture is only
available for purchase at this time through Callident. Please contact
Brewmeister Glen Otero for information regarding BioBrew Linux on
Itanium.