What Free Ubuntu-Compatible Software Exists for the 3D Visualisation of Biologic Proteins and Peptides? I asked this question https://chemistry.stackexchange.com/questions/4543/what-free-linux-compatible-software-exists-for-the-3d-virtualisation-of-biologic? but it got closed because it was software recommendation which is off-topic for chemistry stackexchange but I thought it wouldn't be off-topic for here. I am running 32 bit 12.10 if it is relevant.
Ubuntu – What Free Ubuntu-Compatible Software Exists for the 3D Visualisation of Biologic Proteins and Peptides
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I would recommend the wget command line utility which is absolutely awesome!
wget is a GNU free software package that is used for retrieving files over the web. If you have got it installed, then all you have to do is to get the download link and use wget to download it.
In order to get the download link, right click on whichever download you want in the firefox download manager. There will be an option ‘copy download link’. Click on it.
Then open a terminal and go to whichever folder you want the file downloaded to. Assuming it is in the Desktop, type the following command at the prompt:
$ wget <paste your download link here>
Now even if it gets stuck in the middle, you can resume from wherever it was interrupted by giving the option -c to wget. That is, the command will be like
$ wget -c <paste your download link here>
And there it continues beautifully.
GNOME Shell
GNOME Shell's Application Overview on Ubuntu GNOME 16.04LTS with GNOME 3.18
GNOME Shell is the "official" shell developed for GNOME 3 by the GNOME project. It is the default interface used by the officially-supported Ubuntu GNOME flavor, and is the default interface for the main Ubuntu flavor since 17.10 instead of Unity.
Features
- Uses Mutter instead of Compiz for the window manager.
- The Activities Overview provides an easy way to view all your open windows, drag windows between workspaces, search for applications, and more.
- The Notifications system is designed to help you quickly respond to notifications in place or to return to them at a convenient time.
- Extensions is a powerful feature that enables you to extend the functionality and interface of GNOME Shell. Have a look at GNOME Shell Extensions website to see the available ones. For more information on how to install these extensions, see the answers to this question.
- By default, windows cannot be minimized in GNOME Shell, as the use of Activities Overview and Workspaces are supposed to replace that. This could need some getting used to at first. Or alternatively, you can use the GNOME Tweak Tool to enable the minimize window button.
- GNOME Shell uses automatic workspace management; at any given moment, it only keeps open as many workspaces as you have active windows on, plus an extra empty one to start more windows. When you remove all the windows from a workspace, that workspace will be removed until you need it again. Alternatively, you can use the GNOME Tweak Tool to set a static number of workspaces.
System Requirements
GNOME Shell requires hardware acceleration, and has roughly similar requirements to Unity. As of the time that this was written, the GNOME developers aim to have GNOME Shell able to run on any hardware that is at most four to five years old.
How To Get It?
Before 17.10, Ubuntu GNOME was an Ubuntu flavour that had a full blown GNOME desktop environment installed and used by default. This is the recommended method to get GNOME Shell installed in Ubuntu, if you don't plan to use Unity, KDE or any other desktop environment. With 17.10 onwards, the default Ubuntu installation uses GNOME Shell with an Ubuntu theme and dock. A vanilla GNOME Shell can be installed using the vanilla-gnome-desktop package.
GNOME Shell is available in the official Ubuntu repositories. To install it on an existing install, click here:
Or run this in Terminal:
sudo apt install gnome-shell
Or if you prefer the GUI way, search for "gnome shell" in GNOME Software (or Ubuntu Software Center in older Ubuntu versions) and install the gnome-shell package. More instructions on how to install it can be found here. (The complete package including settings, etc, is found in the package ubuntu-gnome-desktop).
Best Answer
Check out JMOL. It's open source and Java based - so it will work on Windows, Mac, and Linux. I just spent the last 20 minutes looking a superb model of ATP and a list of other molecules in crosseyed stereographic 3D!