QED Standard PC software

Here is the software that should be installed by default on all PCs:

Lab computers

• Security software ( see ComputerSecurity )
• LabView and TortoiseSVN
• QEDMeas
• IgorPro
• MSOffice

Office computers

Minimum list of software packages for a base install:

Security software ( see ComputerSecurity )

Data Analysis:

• IgorPro

Web Related:

• Mozilla Firefox / Opera (should be run in a sandbox - see ComputerSecurity)
• Mozilla Thunderbird

Document Generators:

• MSOffice (UNSW has site licence)
• EndNote (UNSW has site licence)
• LaTex distribution (free)
• WinEdt
• CutePDF (free PDF writer)
• Foxit (fast PDF viewer)

Graphics:

• CorelXara (graphics)
• InkScape (free vector drawing package)
• The Gimp (free pixel manipulation package, open source Photoshop equivalent)

List of software packages which are useful to have:

Security software ( see ComputerSecurity )

Data Analysis:

• IgorPro
• Scilab (Open source version of Matlab)
• Octave (Open source version of Matlab)

Web Related:

• Mozilla Firefox
• Opera
• Mozilla Thunderbird

Document Generators:

• MSOffice
• EndNote
• LaTex distribution
• WinEdt
• CutePDF (free PDF writer)
• Foxit (fast PDF viewer)

Graphics:

• InkScape (free vector drawing package)
• The Gimp (free pixel manipulation package, open source Photoshop equivalent)
• IrfanView (fast image viewing software)
• CorelXara (graphics)
• ImageJ (free image analysis software)

Multimedia Players:

• VLC

Comms & Ports:

• Filezilla (FTP, SCP etc. client)
• WinSCP