What is QuteMol FOR LINUX?

QuteMol

QuteMol is a super cool open-source tool for visualizing molecules. It’s interactive and gives you high-quality visuals, making it easier to see the tiny details of complex proteins and big molecules. Thanks to its use of OpenGL shaders, QuteMol taps into the power of your GPU to show off some amazing visual effects!

Features That Stand Out

One of the best things about QuteMol is how it helps make understanding 3D shapes and structures so much clearer. Here are some awesome features:

• Real Time Ambient Occlusion


• Depth Aware Silhouette Enhancement


• Multiple visualization modes: Ball and Sticks, Space-Fill, and Liquorice


• Create stunning high-resolution snapshots for publications!


• Interactively render large molecules (up to 100k atoms!)


• Easily input standard PDB files

The Brains Behind QuteMol

This great software was developed by Marco Tarini and Paolo Cignoni at the Visual Computing Lab in ISTI - CNR.

What’s New in This Release?

This update brings some exciting new features:

• A major stable release!


• You can now color chains separately instead of just by atom. Plus, you can cycle through random color schemes!


• Easily export GIF animations of your models—perfect for websites!

Minor Updates & Fixes

Some minor but useful updates include:

• A progress bar during long tasks that you can cancel if needed.


• Smoother performance with various speed improvements.


• A snapshot dialog that allows changing resolution on the fly!

Bugs? No Problem!

• The link to the QuteMol webpage has been fixed using wxWidgets v. 8.0.


• A bug that misinterpreted some two-letter atoms has been resolved.


• The clipping plane issue is gone—no more large molecules looking like they’ve been cut in half!

If you're interested in checking out QuteMol here!

How Download Works

Go to the Softpas website, press the 'Downloads' button, and pick the app you want to download and install—easy and fast!