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 ====== Software Overview ====== ====== Software Overview ======
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 ===== Site licenses ===== ===== Site licenses =====
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 The School of Physics and Astronomy has site licenses for some useful software packages, and other licenses are available campus-wide at no cost. Some of the highlights are: The School of Physics and Astronomy has site licenses for some useful software packages, and other licenses are available campus-wide at no cost. Some of the highlights are:
  
-    * The University has a campuswide agreement for [[:computing:software:winmacoffice|Windows and Mac OS upgrades, and for Microsoft Office]]. +  * For information on software available through the University, including **Microsoft Windows**, **Office**, and **Acrobat Pro**, start at the [[http://it2.umn.edu/services/all/computer-device-support/purchasing/|IT@UMN software page]]. 
-    * The University of Minnesota has a campus-wide license for [[:computing:software:antivirus|Symantec Antivirus]] for both Windows and Macintosh. +  * The College of Science and Engineering licenses **[[:computing:software:mathematica|Mathematica]]**, for Windows, Macintosh, and many Unix platforms, valid for any university-owned computer within the department. 
-    * The School licenses **[[:computing:software:mathematica|Mathematica]]**, for Windows, Macintosh, and many Unix platforms, valid for any university-owned computer within the department. +  * We have a College-wide license for **[[:computing:software:matlab|Matlab]]**, for Windows, Mac OS and Unix. 
-    * We also have a department-wide license for **[[:computing:software:matlab|Matlab]]**, for Windows, Mac OS and Unix. +  * The College also licensed **[[:computing:software:labview|LabView]]** both for instructional and research use. 
-    * A selection of multimedia software including Adobe Photoshop and Acrobat is available to faculty members via the OIT [[http://www1.umn.edu/oit/utools/|UTools program]]. +  * We participate with some other departments in a license for **[[:computing:software:origin|Origin]]**
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-ADCS have some information on more site-licensed software, some of which is free, some of which has first-time purchase and/or annual subscription costs. +
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-For additional Microsoft products not covered under the campus agreement, check the [[http://www.umn.edu/ucs/Microsoft/AcadSelect.htm|Microsoft Academic Select]] program, offered through ADCS. +
  
  
 ==== For personally-owned computers ==== ==== For personally-owned computers ====
  
-Some software such as Symantec Antivirus, and Windows and Office upgrades, may be available to faculty, staff or currently-registered students. Please check the ADCS web site for more information: +Mathematica and Matlab are available to undergraduate and graduate students in the College of Science and Engineering. More details at: 
- +  * https://wwws.cs.umn.edu/download_software/mathematica 
-  * http://www1.umn.edu/adcs/software/individuals.html +  * https://wwws.cs.umn.edu/matlab/student/
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-Mathematica and Matlab are available to undergraduate and graduate students in the Institute of Technology. More details at: +
-  * https://mirror.cs.umn.edu/matlab +
-  * https://mirror.cs.umn.edu/mathematica+
  
-IT Labs also has a subscription to MSDNAA (Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance). For details on all resources available through ITLabs, visit their web site:+IT Labs also has a subscription to MSDNAA (Microsoft Developers Network Academic Alliance). For details on all resources available through CSELabs, visit their web site:
  
-  * http://www.itlabs.umn.edu/+  * http://www.cselabs.umn.edu/
  
 ===== Distribution ===== ===== Distribution =====
-Most large software packages can be downloaded from the [[http://www.physics.umn.edu/resources/computing/download/|downloads area]] of the web site. You have to be logged in to the site as an internal user of the department to access this area. Most packages are available as ISO images, ready to be burned to CD.+Many software packages can be downloaded from the [[https://www.physics.umn.edu/resources/myphys/software/|downloads area]] of the web site. You have to be logged in to the site as an internal user of the department to access this area. Most packages are available as ISO images, ready to be burned to CD.
  
  
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     * [[:computing:software:ssh|Secure Shell (SSH)]]     * [[:computing:software:ssh|Secure Shell (SSH)]]
-    * [[:computing:software:math|Mathematica and Matlab]] 
     * [[:computing:software:idl|IDL]]     * [[:computing:software:idl|IDL]]
     * [[:computing:software:x|X Windows]]     * [[:computing:software:x|X Windows]]
     * [[:computing:software:tex|TeX and LaTeX]]     * [[:computing:software:tex|TeX and LaTeX]]
  
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