Applied Medical Informatics 2002;11(3-4): 14-18.
The Bioinformatics Workstation - The Linux Approach
Dan Istrate, Daniel Leucuţa, Andrei Achimaş Cadariu
Dept. of Medical Informatics and Biostatistics, University of Medicine and Pharmacy „Iuliu Haţieganu” Cluj-Napoca
Abstract
Linux is a free, open source version of Unix that makes it possible to turn an ordinary PC into a powerful workstation. By configuring your system with Linux and other open source software, you can have access to a lot of powerful computational biology and bioinformatics tools at a low cost.
Keywords: Linux; Bioinformatics; Operating system; Red Hat.