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Software to install:

Sequence software
• gsview
• BioPerl
• seqPup (probably lots more)

General application software
• octave
• StarOffice
• KOffice
• optimized Fortran compilers
• IMSL (scientific programming libraries)
• additional general purpose plotting/numerical analysis stuff

Structure software
• RasMol
• vmd
• XtalView
• MOLMOL 2K
• TINKER
• CHARMM update
• xeasy
• sparky
• MMTK
• O for Linux

System software
• upgrade to Mandrake 7.2
• MOSIX configurable cluster computer kernel modules
• GnuQueue job queueing
• 2.4 Linux kernel for clients
• GFS

Server
• automated update from GenBank
• automated update from PDB
• stunnel read-write NFS for server-side client app configuration
• refine RAID/LVM settings
• Further refinements to Amanda for backup
• Further refinements to Tripwire/AIDE/portsentry etc for security
• 2.2.x update for server, then *maybe* 2.4 kernel update
• Reiserfs or other journaling fs
• OpenAFS server (?)
• CODA (?)
• Apache with php and/or mod_perl

Upgrades, hardware changes
• add more memory to clients.
• Add ZIP drives to clients, with automounting.
• test better supported video cards for 3D hardware acceleration and hardware stereo (coming soon in O)

Other

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