My #phylogenetics professor wants us to work with BioEdit. This program is:
* #proprietarysoftware, even though free (as in free beer)
* Only works with Windows, can't even manage to install it on VM with Wine.
* **is unmaintained since 2009**.
Please #FOSS and #science community, help me find something I can work it that doesn't feel like wearing a shoe filled with beans, or at least install this thing... seems like winxp is slow up to uselessness in VM for some reason.
Thanks!
@arteteco I was in the same boat a few years ago, but it was with EstimateS biodiversity software (before the last update). It ran on Windows (most of the time, anyway), but not in Wine, etc. I ended up picking up a very cheap Windows laptop, which is in now in line to have linux installed--so it's not a total waste. Try all the VM options first, but then try asking if anyone has an old Windows machine lying around.
@delibrarian What was wrong with the VM option? That is what I guess I'll have to do now
@arteteco I never did figure it out. It was one of those "everything looks fine and then nothing happens" situations.
Looks like immediately after my class there was an update, and EstimateS will now run on Macs. Not that I'm likely to use it anytime soon, as that's not my specialty.
Good luck!