Debian adapts and disseminates
Bioinformatics Open Source
Software
Steffen Möller, Andreas Tille, Charles Plessy
and the Debian-Med community

Linux distributions
Traditional roles Current distribution
● Software ● Ubuntu – Debian
● Distributor ● RedHat – Fedora
● Review ● Novell – OpenSuSE
● Community ● Mandriva
● Communicator ● CentOS
● Feedback
● ScientificLinux
● .. distrowatch.com

Recent demands
● High-performance computing
● Cross-platform
● Re-compilability with optimised parameters
● Cloud- / Grid-computing
● Bootable images with customisations
● Exact specification of software / runtime environments
● Compatibility with in-house packages
● Increased focus on
● Libraries : distributing software
● Data management : using software

Debian-Med
● A web site: debian-med.alioth.debian.org
● Medical- and bioinformatics packages
– Separation of end-user- and developer-targeted packages
– Formal description with Debian-Tags
● Subversion maintenance of packages, often shared
● Quality ensurance via bug reports and mailing list
● Community
● Debian developers and -users – open to everyone
● Extension of Debian, not a split
– All packages auto-build from source for >10 architectures
– Completely run by the community

Ongoing developments
● More and more packages and community
members
● Communication of functionality
● Screen shots
● Translation of package descriptions
● GSoC projects
● Smoother preparation for clouds
● Data processing script „getData“
– download and index
– in awareness of available software

Please avoid redundancies, check
http://debian-med.alioth.debian.org
● Select from >160 packages for download
● Contact us to upload your package to Debian
● Packages are auto-forwarded to Ubuntu