Report: Linux box for FreeSurfer, using Mint 15 (Ubuntu 13)

Overview

I recently built a new desktop machine with some concern for being able to run FreeSurfer well on it. It was not clear to me how various choices would turn out. Having now substantially completed the exercise, I thought others might be interested.

Hardware

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Linux: Mint

Mint installation and configuration notes

FreeSurfer installation and testing notes

CUDA configuration notes