Unix Software

Currently Supported Unix Operating Systems

Unix Applications

Note: This page has just been started, and the list of applications is very incomplete! Most applications are available for both Solaris and Linux. Exceptions are noted.

Centrally maintained unix applications may be supported at one of three levels from 1 (highest) to 3 (lowest), much as described here.

Support is provided via the unix-admin mailing list.

Category	Application	Support	Comment
Browsers	Netscape Navigator	1
	Lynx	3	purely text-based
Connectivity	Secure Shell (SSH)	1	Secure replacement for rsh, rlogin and telnet
	PC SSH Software		See "Security" on the NT Supported Softwarepage.
	PC X Windows Software		See "X servers" on the NT Supported Softwarepage.
	NCD X Terminals	1	There are a number of X Terminals from Network Computing Devices, Inc., available on site. These graphical terminals permit you to login to one of the flora pool of machines. From there, you can use SSH to access other hosts.
Document Preparation	TeX	1	typesetter for technical pubs.
	StarOffice	2	Free MSOffice emulator
Document Viewing	gv (ghostview)	1	ps and pdf files
	acroread	1	Adobe Acrobat Reader for pdf files
E-mail	pine	1
	Netscape Messenger	2
Editors	emacs	1
	vi	1
	xemacs	2
	nedit	3
	xe (UNI-xedit)	3	solaris version of VM xedit
File Transfer	ftp	1	Authenticated or anonymous file transfer; no password encryption
	Secure Copy (scp)	1	Fully encrypted file copy; part of SSH
Graphics Packages	xfig	1	Xwindow Drafting Program
	NCAR Graphics	2
	TopDraw	3
Printing	lpr	1
	enscript	2
Scripting Languages	perl	1
	python	2
	UNI-rexx	no	unix version of VM rexx. Solaris only.
Shells	tcsh	1	Enhanced csh; default for new users
	bash	2	GNU Bourne-Again SHell
	csh	2	C shell
	ksh	2	Korn shell
	sh	2	Bourne shell (traditional UNIX shell)

last updated: 9 February 2001