Furthermore, if the exercise is genome assembly, I cannot think of an easier tool to use in a genomics class. Sure, the switches can be complicated, but most of them are not really needed for a basic assembly. Sent from my mobile device On 2011-04-05, at 6:08 PM, Robert Bruccoleri <bruc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear Robin, > A detailed examination of the algorithms used by Mira would be a > marvelous academic exercise. Bastien is very clever, and there's a lot for > students and professionals to learn from his work. > > Regards, > Bob > > Robin Kramer wrote: >> >> What class do you want to teach? >> >> It seems to me like skills based on a specific open source technology which >> is only really only an operationally defined standard, even though the >> manual is VERY informative, isn't very Academic. >> >> Sincerely yours, >> >> Robin >> >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 2:45 PM, Hanquan Liang <hliang@xxxxxxx> wrote: >> How about installing 64-bit version in a 64-bit box, and SSH from >> crappy 32-bit teaching computer to run MIRA? >> >> Hanquan >> >> On Tue, Apr 5, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Lionel Guy <guy.lionel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > >> > Not that badly. 3.2.0 will do. >> > Maybe I'll ask again whenever MIRA 4.0 comes out ;) >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Lionel >> > >> > On 5 Apr 2011, at 21:55 , Bastien Chevreux wrote: >> > >> > > On Thursday 31 March 2011 11:30:03 Lionel Guy wrote: >> > > > For teaching purposes, I'm using mira on old crappy computers that are >> > > > 32-bit. I wanted to install the latest version of MIRA, but can't find >> > > > a >> > > > 32-bit version for 3.2.1 nor nor 3.2.1.5. I know mira is not meant to >> > > > be >> > > > run on old crappy computers, but have you decided not to support 32-bit >> > > > versions anymore? >> > > The download numbers in 2009 and 2010 for the 32 bit versions of MIRA >> > > had already been in sharp decline (fortunately so), so I already had >> > > envisaged letting them run out at some moment or another. >> > > But not really intentionally for the 3.2.1 version, no. But after >> > > installing a new distribution at home, I had not found the time to >> > > re-install VirtualBox, so I didn't do 32 bit versions immediately and >> > > then simply forgot about them. >> > > How badly do you need them? >> > > B. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You have received this mail because you are subscribed to the mira_talk >> > mailing list. For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe, please >> > visit http://www.chevreux.org/mira_mailinglists.html >> >> -- >> You have received this mail because you are subscribed to the mira_talk >> mailing list. For information on how to subscribe or unsubscribe, please >> visit http://www.chevreux.org/mira_mailinglists.html >> > > <bruc.vcf>