Linux and bioinformatics questions....

[Dr. Greg Quinn]

Hi;

I will shortly be buying a high end multiprocessor pentium box to 
perform database searches; I am by no means convinced that Linux is 
the best operating system for high load activity, and have heard
better things about FreeBSD than I have about linux in real-life 
high-use situations. As far as I can see though, Linux rules 
in the sense that there are far more supported packages in a molecular
biology context. 

Can somone convince me that Linux must be the way to go for a UNIX 
PC box? Thanks for any advice.

Cheers
Greg


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