Research Workstations - default software loads

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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.

Standard Package

  • 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

On Request

Fun Extras

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