Hello LQ experts,

I am a newbie... geneticist trying to fit into the linux world. I am working with bioinformatics and require to run specialized unix-based software... I truly like linux although some times I get lost within waves of information to solve some little problems. Lastly it's taking me too long to get something done, constantly splitting my time between genetics and computer stuff. The distro I work with actually is FedoraCore4 and I will be more than happy for getting cool advices from you guys... Well then, back to the battle field! I'll start to shoot some questions straight away

ixis

Welcome to LQ!

Glad to see some other bioinformatics people floating around here. My own personal bit of advice is that while FC4 is a good, solid distro to start, you may want to have a look at Slackware once you get a bit more comfortable. It's a bit closer to some of the UNIX systems that are prevalent in the real wold and it doesn't hide the command line the way some distros do. I've always found it useful to be able to deal with the command line!

Welcome to LQ!

Hey thanx, I am thinking about installing another distro to compare, have lots of space in the disk, so I'll have a read about Slackware... somewhen soon. See you in the forum...