= Neuroscience runs on GNU/Linux =

by [[MichaelHanke|Michael Hanke]] and [[YaroslavHalchenko|Yaroslav O. Halchenko]]

== Abstract/Summary ==

In an online survey neuroscientists were asked to describe the computing environments. Three environments were distinguished:
''personal'' – a system with an operating system of their own choice, where they have permission to install arbitrary research
software; ''managed'' – an environment that is provided and maintained by someone else (e.g., dedicated IT staff), without
general permission to install arbitrary software; ''virtual'' – an environment that runs in a virtual machine (VM), possibly
with multiple instances of operating systems running simultaneously on the same hardware. The survey data show that the majority
of neuroscientist use GNU/Linux operating systems to conduct their research. Among these distributions Debian-based systems
are preferred in the ''personal'' environment. In the ''managed'' environment approximately equal proportions of Debian- and Red Hat
based systems comprise the vast majority of all reported GNU/Linux systems.

== References ==

 Full text and PDF (open access):: http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2011.00008/full
 Supplementary analyses and data:: http://neuro.debian.net/survey/2011/
 Preprint-PDF:: [[attachment:HankeHalchenko_FrontiersInNeuroinformatics2011.pdf]]


== Citation ==

Hanke, M. and Halchenko, Y.O. (2011). Neuroscience runs on GNU/Linux. ''Frontiers in Neuroinformatics'', 5:8.

=== BIBTeX ===

{{{
@Article{  
 author={Michael Hanke  and  Yaroslav O Halchenko},     
 title={Neuroscience runs on GNU/Linux},      
 journal={Frontiers in Neuroinformatics},      
 volume={5},      
 year={2011},      
 url={http://www.frontiersin.org/Neuroinformatics/10.3389/fninf.2011.00008/full},       
 doi={10.3389/fninf.2011.00008},      
}      
}}}

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