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Stories · 4

  1. VigyaanCD: Bio/Chemical Modeling Workbench on PC

    Science · Biotech · · posted by michael · from the scientist's-toolchest dept. · 11 comments
    PKA writes "Announcing the release of VigyaanCD (homepage, mirror1, mirror2). Vigyaan, a Knoppix customization, is an electronic workbench for computational biology and computational chemistry. The user can choose from more than 20 science applications. In addition to bioinformatics software, it provides GROMACS, TINKER for biomolecular modeling and Ghemical, MPQC, PSI3 for quantum chemistry calculations. VigyaanCD is a live Linux CD containing all the software required to boot the PC into workbench environment and is suitable both for beginners (12 demos and tutorials) and experts. Learning computational biology/chemistry has never been easier, so grab the free ISO image from several mirrors around the world and put your PC to work."

  2. Computer Folklore, Circa 1984

    News · Books · · posted by timothy · from the and-counting dept. · 180 comments
    savetz writes "The full text of the classic 1984 computer book Digital Deli, The Comprehensive, User-Lovable Menu of Computer Lore, Culture, Lifestyles and Fancy, is now on the Web. (Autstralian mirror) A wonderful look at technology culture in the golden age of the microcomputer. 20 other old computer books are at the site, too."

  3. Scribus 1.0 Released

    Tech · Graphics · · posted by timothy · from the at-least-a-wounder-app dept. · 351 comments
    McShazbot writes "Graphics.com has this article about the release of Scribus 1.0 (homepage, mirror) desktop publishing software. Check out some screenshots. If it can even marginally compete with the industry leader, this is a big deal -- I know a lot of people for whom Quark is the killer app that prevents them from moving to Linux, and most of them are tired of paying a grand for the privilege of using it."

  4. It's The End Of The Be As We Know It

    Be · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the and-i-feel-fine dept. · 216 comments
    JRAC writes "Be Inc. has replaced their web site's entire contents with information on the sale of Be to Palm. Stock holders can find all relevant info on the Stock Information page. BeOS 5 Personal Edition is no longer available from the site. Looks like it's time to hit the mirrors. Try ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/beos for files. " The official sale was approved just over a month ago.