Hi Steffen, On Tue, 18 Mar 2014, "Steffen Möller" wrote: > I was invited to a local (Northern Germany) workshop on next generation > sequencing > https://sites.google.com/site/nexgenseqmv/home/workshop > to give a quick overview on what Debian/Ubuntu/BioLinux can do for them. > This is a very friendly environment and besides > * explaining how community-run Linux distros work > * that Linux not necessarily means desktop, > - but may mean virtual > - or server and that > - all major cloud services feature Debian images
Do not be shy here: by working "in Debian" we are pretty much automagically benefiting from the work of more 'cloudy' people cooking up all the appliances etc. Thus there is a huge benefit from sharing expertise/responsibilities across different teams. That is why work of Debian Med is automagically omni-present through-out all possible deployment scenarios -- from cell phones (may be not by Debian itself, but by its derivative(s)), to servers, clusters, "mainframe" architectures which might not even be generally available (s390x, sparc) to regular mortals, and all possible clouds. > * what Blends are > * what packages are available for Next Generation Sequencing > I am very eager to learn about what the audience expects from our distro(s). I would also emphasize on unique "features" of Debian such as - clear open standards (thus packaging is done "the right way" which contributes to packages longevity) - licensing "clearing house": helps with wider adoption and longevity of software itself - QA, such as build time testing: cannot be stressed enough on its importance for anyone at least whispering about 'reproducibility'. > Please kindly mention whatever issue is close to your heart that should > be presented. I was very happy about the recent advent of the IGV. > To have something tangible, I asked Roland from Qlustar.com to > demonstrate over the coffee breaks how to set up a distributed work > environment with Debian. Tony had found and introduced their > technology for the Debian Med Sprint. He kindly agreed, so we will > jointly learn about how NGS-savvy wet-lab biologists are approaching > us. heh -- never heard about qlustar... interesting to hear what you learn from the coffee break but also do not forget that Debian itself comes with many open HPC related projects such as batch systems etc: http://blends.debian.org/science/tasks/distributedcomputing > Any suggestions on something fancy to display would be helpful. Fancy... hm... I some times like to amuse "reproducibility-eager" folks with commands such as debootstrap --arch=i386 --include=python potato /tmp/potato http://archive.debian.org/debian which in tandem with schroot could be used to bring Debian release from decade(s) back with novo(potato):~ $> python Python 1.5.2 (#0, Dec 27 2000, 13:59:38) [GCC 2.95.2 20000220 (Debian GNU/Linux)] on linux2 Copyright 1991-1995 Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam if you want to impress them even a bit more -- you could use apt-cacher-ng and then debootstrap right there in matter of seconds (depending on your harddrive/cpu speed) + pre-cooked schroot and you can really get them back into the past ;) JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH DISK SPACE (do not ask why it is in capitals) > I would otherwise just dig into the data we are producing locally > and show something. So overall -- press not as much on flashiness (on-a-knee projects might be flashier) but rather on long standing standards, quality, pervasiveness, shared responsibility, impact. if really bored, you can even watch my talk a year back, although I think I have done much better ;-): http://sea.ucar.edu/event/open-not-enough-benefits-debian-integrated-community-driven-computing-platform My 1c ;) -- Yaroslav O. Halchenko, Ph.D. http://neuro.debian.net http://www.pymvpa.org http://www.fail2ban.org Senior Research Associate, Psychological and Brain Sciences Dept. Dartmouth College, 419 Moore Hall, Hinman Box 6207, Hanover, NH 03755 Phone: +1 (603) 646-9834 Fax: +1 (603) 646-1419 WWW: http://www.linkedin.com/in/yarik -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
