Software

Available for immediate use

• Software available on our Solaris (Unix) system.
• Software available in our PC-lab 1312, 1313 and 2315.

Available for installation

• Software available for students on their own machines.
• Software available for employees on their work machines or at home.

Installation and configuration advice

There are lots of utilities available as free software, not only for the GNU/Linux platform but also for Microsoft Windows and Apple Macintosh (MacOS). In addition to that, you may have use for certain non-free software products (meaning you are not allowed to distribute copies of them yourself or use them for applications beyond what the license allows). Here we will try to give you some hints and advice on what you should install on your own computer to achieve a basic working environment.

Microsoft Windows

Product	Purpose	License	Availability	Notes
Windows 7	Operating system	MSDNAA,Dreamspark	Download	Highly recommended
Forefront	Security	MSDNAA,Dreamspark	Download	Highly recommended
Adobe Reader	Read PDF files	EULA	Download	Not needed if Acrobat is already installed
Adobe Flash	View Flash content	EULA	Download
Firefox	Web browser	MPL (free)	Download
Thunderbird	E-mail	MPL (free)	Download
Java	Running Java programs	EULA	Download
PuTTY Tray	Remote login to UNIX	MIT (free)	Download
Xming	X server for Windows	BSD, MIT (free)	Download	Can be used in conjunction with PuTTY

Apple Macintosh (MacOS)

Product	Purpose	License	Availability	Notes