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School Core Applications (2007-08)
This page lists the core applications which are available across all platforms
and systems.
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The core applications listed below are available to be mounted
on all computers and all users in the School
(ie staff, research students and undergraduate
laboratories).
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These applications should also all usable from the University Open Access Labs.
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To operate, some software requires constant network connectivity
to the School licence servers.
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Tip: The quickest way to find out about the named packages it to "google" for them
and include the keyword ".org" to help find master sites.
For specialised teaching, research and platform specific applications see additional
lists
respectively.
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Task
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Product
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Operating system
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home/
student?
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license*
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Cost (pa)
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Notes
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Solaris
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Linux
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XPpro
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Web browser
Web Editing
Mail Reader
News Reader
Instant Messaging
Calendaring Service
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Firefox 2.0
NVu
Thunderbird 2.0
Thunderbird 2.0
Gaim 1.5/2.0 beta
[Easter 2007]
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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Office Suite:
- Word Processing
- Presentation
- Spreadsheet
- Database
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OpenOffice 2.0.3
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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Drawing Package
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Xfig
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yes
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yes
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[5]
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[1]
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seat
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0
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WinXP: via
cygwinor
JFig[5]
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Image Processing
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Gimp 2.2
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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PDF reading:
PDF writing:
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Acroread
Openoffice
Cute PDF(printer)
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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PostScript writing:
PostScript viewing:
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"Print to file"
ghostview
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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Technical Software
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Desk Top Publishing
- Visual editor
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LaTex
Lyx
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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Win-XP:
MikTeX
Win-XP:
TeXnicCenter 1_Beta7.01
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Mathematics (symbolic)
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Maple10
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[4]
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site
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1000pa
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EUCS site licence covers network and standalone access
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Mathematics (general)
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Matlab r2007a (classkit)
Matlab r2007a (network)[6]
Matlab r2007a (standalone)[6]
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yes
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yes
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yes
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retail
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Flex-LM
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8000pa
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100 concurrent teaching
75 concurrent research
30 rental pool for laptops
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Data visualisation
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paraview 2.4
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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Laboratory Kit
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LabView[6]
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yes
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yes
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yes
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tba
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site
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1000
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`Richest' functionality is for MS-windows.
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System'ish Software
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Scripting
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Perl
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yes
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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Comms
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SSH-2 Client
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yes
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yes
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yes
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eucs
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seat
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0
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X-windows
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X-windows server [3]
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native
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native
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eXceed
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[4]
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net
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0
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Anti-virus
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n/a
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n/a
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yes
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eucs
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seat
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0
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UoE site licence includes home use
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File compression
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7Zip 4.42
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n/a
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yes
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yes
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[1]
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seat
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0
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Notes.
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Free download
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PDF writing on XP uses UoE packaging of Redmon and ghostscript utilities,
[cf ps2pdf on linux etc]
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eXceed-2D
is site licensed for win XP, future upgrade cost equals media cost.
eXceed-3D
is NOT core, it is a specialised application that attracts a high cost per seat
and would need to be purchased individually.
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Home licences available through EUCS.
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How to configure Cygwin to run XFig is detailed on the Xfig source site.
A shareware product, JFig, costs 30 pounds to register and is a Java application.
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The Matlab licensing is complex! A student addition is available from
bookshops.
For basic student use at home "Octave" or "R" may be a suitable alternative.
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