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 REF: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux]]
+====== Why do bioinformaticians use Linux? ======
+  * Many bioinformatics core tools are written in Linux.
+      * BLAST, CLUSTALW, PHRAP, etc
+      * Many web applications are also supported on web servers hosted on linux machines
+  * Linux supports development of software for many different programming languages.
+      * Developers are lazy so creating a software that does not require a window is much faster and easier
+  * Multiple users can log in at the same time.
+      * A user logging in over the network can do just about anything a user sitting in front of the computer can do. Which also means linux handles multitasking very well.
+====== The Linux Shell ======
+The standard user interface for personal computers is a GUI (Graphical User Interface). However for linux it is a command-line interpreter called shell.
+It is simply a prompt the awaits your command. There are several different shells, but the one used often is called “bash”, which is a mixture of a bunch of other shells.
+====== Remote vs. Local ======
+{{:servercomputerrelation.png?200|}}