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  Linux for Clinics Alpha Release
LinuxMedNews Posted by Charles on Wednesday April 04, 2007 @ 01:06 PM
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Linux for Clinics has released a Alpha testing release. Known issues... 1. Ubiquity icon is from Ubuntu 2. Initial boot screen on Livecd is still Ubuntu 3. Forgot to remove Gnome-Games 4. Forgot to install the medical dictionary for openoffice.org 5. No LFC upgrade path...Have not implemented our repository yet. Digg this article

The Aims of the Linux For Clinics Project

The Linux For Clinics (LFC) Project consists of a team of people who have a common interest in health, medicine, humanity and free and open source software (FOSS). Our team represents a community that shares the common ideals of aiding mankind and treating everyone with respect so that they will treat others in kind. This philosophy is represented by the African word 'UBUNTU' which means 'Humanity Towards Others'.

The goals of the project can be divided into three sections:

I Software

To Create a GNU/Linux distribution that is focused on providing reliable clinical laboratory and medical practice software.

  • Can be customized for specific professions, users and/or departments
  • Available to everyone, regardless of nationality, language or religion
  • Will run on any system architecture defined by the Ubuntu Linux kernel, easily and reliably.
  • Our distribution and software will be customized for medical professionals, but will be available to all who wish to use it.
  • To create software where there is no software solution.

    With the help of physicians and the community at large, specific software needs will be identified and incorporated into the project.

    Diagnostic software will be created to help diagnose illness and suggest treatments based on current medical knowledge for both 'western' and 'non-western' medicine.

    II Educational Packages

    There is a general lack of educational resources within the medical FOSS community, and what does exist is generally unknown to the average student and physician alike. We intend to make these resources more readily available to all by creating a focal point where these resources can be gathered for easy access.

    Materials will range from student notes to the most recent developments in every imaginable discipline.

    III Social Goals

    Because open source projects depend on the input and cooperation of the community, we encourage the professionals in their fields and the common user to request, comment and contribute on our work to improve the quality of our release.

    Through this interactivity we hope to accomplish several ends:

  • To spread the philosophy of 'Humanity Towards Others' (ubuntu)
  • Provide a free operating system to benefit the health profession, and therefore, all of humanity.
  • To treat all people with respect.
  • To encourage everyone to contribute to our project in any way they believe they can.
  • To assist established aid groups in providing medical software/hardware in less developed regions of the world through your donations.

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    Re: Linux for Clinics Alpha Release
    by Ignacio Valdes, MD, MS on Thursday April 05, 2007 @ 07:24 AM
    There has also been the Debian-Med project: http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/ but I haven't heard from them in awhile. -- IV
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    Re: Linux for Clinics Alpha Release
    by Tim Cook on Friday April 06, 2007 @ 10:46 AM
    While I appreciate your philosophical approach I do wonder if you (or someone) can explain just what Linux for Clinics can do that Fedora, Ubuntu, etc. cannot do?

    I am not trying to be cynical but wouldn't your efforts be better spent on applications that can run on Linux?

    If you have practical reasons then I fully support your effort and will probably switch operating systems.

    Thanks,
    Tim

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    • Re: Linux for Clinics Alpha Release
      by Allan 'theforkofjustice' MacKinnon on Saturday April 07, 2007 @ 12:48 AM
      Linux For Clinics IS Ubuntu but we are configuring it so it will be focused towards the medical world.

      Our project depends a lot on the progress of the Debian-Med packages (a collection of programs designed to run on Debian, of which Ubuntu is based). We are working very closely with the GNUmed development team.

      We will also add resources to make the medical professional and student's life easier.
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    Re: Linux for Clinics Alpha Release
    by acidburned on Thursday June 14, 2007 @ 10:38 PM
    it sounds like a great idea.yes there isnt enough medical items and the games are kinda of a waste for space for professionals.
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