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.

Device drivers, including printers
The KMPlayer
- supports VCD, DVD, AVI, MKV, Ogg, OGM, 3GP, MPEG-1/2/4, WMV, RealMedia, FLV and QuickTime
Microsoft DirectX Runtimes 9.0c (Mar-2009)
Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5 SP1
Microsoft Windows Installer 4.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
Microsoft Windows Live Messenger 2009
Microsoft Windows Media Player 11
Mozilla Firefox
Filezilla Client
Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) 6
7Zip
Sassafras K2 Keyserver Client
McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7
Nero 7 Essentials Edition
Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise Edition SP2
Adobe Creative Suite 3 Master Collection / Creative Suite 4 Master Collection
- Important installation instructions are available here
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9
- This is for reading PDF documents, while Acrobat Professional is for creating/editing.
- Install Acrobat Reader AFTER Creative Suite 3/4
Adobe Updates
- launch from the Help menu in any Creative Suite applications
Cycling 74 MAX/MSP/Jitter

AtlasTi
iTunes & Quicktime (Bundled together)
Google Sketchup
Maya - Instructions here
Mozilla Thunderbird email client http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Mozilla Sunbird calendar client http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/sunbird/
SolidWorks Office Premium
Microsoft Visio 2007 Professional
OpenOffice 3 http://download.openoffice.org/
WinSCP http://winscp.net/eng/download.php
- Dream, for one day: include defaults for connecting to tirpitz, surrey, and fraser

Complete install of SuSE 9.3 Pro.

Auto-update.
~~Both KDE and~~ GNOME, maybe some other WMs too.
Development tools
- Eclipse (Java & C++ support)
- Fortran stuff
Mozilla Firefox
totem, mplayer, xine?
- fully working!!! DeCSS, MP3, AAC, etc
K3B for cd/dvd writing
- Mark: add ldap users to cd writing group!
- Robin: SUSE9.3 should have pam_console, which is the proper solution.
Ubuntu: http://www.marzocca.net/linux/bum.html

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