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title: Welcome to Gaob Bika LIMS 3
description: This is 3.0 RC1 of 24 Sept 2012
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;font-size:1.6em;text-align:left;"> Workflow</h2>
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     The Bika LIMS workflow fits all lab disciplines, conforming to the ISO 17025 standard. Bika is Open Source, flexible and allows customisations to your lab's specific requirements.</p>
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<h2 style="margin-bottom:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;font-size:1.6em;">The meaning of Gaob</h2>
<p style="line-height:140%;font-size:1.2em;">In the tradition of <i>Chief </i>Inkosi Bika LIMS 2 using a title for a release, this edition is code-named<i> </i>Gaob Bika LIMS 3. Gaob, <i>King,</i> is taken from <a class="external-link" href="http://www.san.org.za/">Khoi San</a> Nama, language of <a class="external-link" href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/worlds-most-ancient-race-traced-in-dna-study-1677113.html">the world's first people</a>.</p>

<h2 style="margin-bottom:10px;padding-top:15px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;font-size:1.6em;">Documentation</h2>
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            Work in progress:
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                <li><a class="external-link" href="http://demo.bikalabs.com/knowledge-centre/manual/bika-3-user-manual">User Manual</a></li>
                <li><a href="http://demo.bikalabs.com/knowledge-centre/manual/bika-3-user-manual/introduction-and-overview"><span class="state-published">Introduction and Overview</span></a></li>
                <li><a href="http://demo.bikalabs.com/knowledge-centre/manual/bika-3-user-manual/setup-and-configuration"><span class="state-published">Setup and Configuration</span></a></li>
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        <h2 style="margin-bottom:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;font-size:1.6em;padding-top:15px;">Gaob Bika LIMS 3 installation</h2>
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            Gaob Bika 3 installs easily:
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              <li><a href="http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/manual/bika-installation-guides/bika-on-ubuntu-linux/installing-bika-lims-3">Linux</a></li>
              <li><a href="http://www.bikalabs.com/helpcentre/manual/bika-installation-guides/bika-on-windows/installing-bika-lims-3-0">Windows</a></li>
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        <h2 style="margin-bottom:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;font-size:1.6em;">Source code</h2>
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            If you want more power, install Gaob Bika 3 by retrieving the source directly from the code repository for updates. It's the recommended installation method for developers and users who want to test the latest version.
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               <li><a href="https://github.com/bikalabs/Bika-LIMS/tree/master/docs/installation.txt">Installation</a></li>
               <li><a href="https://github.com/bikalabs/Bika-LIMS/tree/dev">Source repository</a></li>
               <li><a class="external-link" href="http://www.bikalabs.com/softwarecenter/bika/releases/3.0">Bika 3 Project page</a></li>
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        <h2 style="margin-bottom:10px;border-bottom:1px solid #888;font-size:1.6em;padding-top:15px;">Feedback and support</h2>
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<li>Bika mailing lists: <a class="external-link" href="https://groups.google.com/forum/?hl=en#%21forum/bika-design">LIMS design</a>, <a class="external-link" href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bika-users">Users</a> and <a class="external-link" href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bika-developers">Developers</a></li>
<li>Bug reporting, issues and feature requests: <a class="external-link" href="https://github.com/bikalabs/Bika-LIMS/issues">Public issue tracker</a></li>
<li>IRC: <a class="chatzilla-link" href="http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=bika" id="ch-url-anchor">irc://freenode.net/#bika</a>, the #bika channel on irc.freenode.net</li>
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