Research Workstations - default software loads

A standard Research computer will have the following software installed, depending on the platform.

This page is for listing purpose only, not for installation instructions.

Windows XP

For 32-bit platforms, Windows XP Professional (x86, Corporate VLK edition) is the ONLY officially supported Windows operating system.

Windows 7

For multicore 64-bit hardware, Windows 7 Enterprise Edition is standard

Standard Windows (64- and 32-bit) Packages

• Device drivers, including printers
• 7Zip
• Adobe Creative Suite 4
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
  • This is for reading PDF documents, while Acrobat Professional is for creating/editing.
  • Install Acrobat Reader AFTER Creative Suite
• Adobe Updates
  • launch from the Help menu in any Creative Suite applications
• Audacity
• Autodesk AutoCAD, Revit, Architecture
• Autodesk Maya
• CityEngine
• Cycling 74 MAX/MSP/Jitter
• Firefox
• Google Sketchup
• GoogleEarth
• Google Chrome
• ImgBurn (CD/DVD burner)
• Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 (Sun Microsystems)
• Sassafras K2 Keyserver Client
• McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7
• Microsoft DirectX Runtimes (latest)
• Microsoft .Net Framework (latest)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer
• NotePad Plus (text editor)
• Microsoft Office 2010
• PuTTY (telnet / ssh client)
• Solidworks
• VLC Media Player
  • supports VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, FLV and QuickTime
• WinSCP (FTP client)

On Request

• AtlasTi
• Mozilla Sunbird calendar client
• Mozilla Thunderbird email client
• OpenOffice
• Nikon Capture
• Nikon View

Linux

Complete install Ubuntu

• Auto-update
• Both KDE and GNOME, maybe some other WMs too.
• Development tools
  • Eclipse (Java & C++ support)
• Mozilla Firefox
• K3B for cd/dvd writing

Other distributions of Linux are also available - just ask! We often have SuSE, and Gentoo on-hand, but Fedora and others are easy to obtain. We can help with dual-boot setups, or provide LiveCDs (which don't actually install, but rather let you test-drive Linux).

Mac OS-X

Complete install of OS 10.4 with all updates, XCode Tools

• Adobe Photoshop CS
• Adobe ImageReady
• Adobe Acrobat 6 Pro
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe GoLive CS
• Adobe Illustrator
• Final Cut Pro HD
• K2 client http://www.sassafras.com/k2/revisions/downloads.html
  • local Mac copy
  • point to research-keyserver.iat.sfu.ca
• Microsoft Office for Mac
• Mozilla Firefox
• Stuffit Expander (StuffItExpander 12.0.1 local .dmg copy)
• Nikon Capture
• Nikon View