KITP Computer Systems Overview

Hardware

• PPC G4 and G5 based systems running Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger).
  • CD/DVD burners on most machines
  • multi button mice available upon request
  • 17 inch LCD displays

Software

• Math
  • Mathematica
  • MatLab
  • Grapher
• Office/Text
  • Microsoft Office 2004
  • OpenOffice.org 2.0
  • AbiWord
  • TeX
    • LaTex
    • LaTex Equation Editor
    • TexShop
    • LyX
    • ghostview
  • xfig
  • Text Editors
    • vi
    • emacs
    • TextEdit
    • TextWrangler
    • SubEthaEdit
  • PDF
    • Adobe Reader
    • Preview
• Programming
  • gcc
  • make
  • javac
  • perl
  • ruby
  • python
  • f77 (through gcc)
  • XCode
  • FileMerge (graphical diff)
  • Shark (software optimization tool)
• Assorted
  • X11
  • Terminal
  • fink
  • bash
  • tcsh
  • Media Players
    • QuickTime Player
    • Flip4Mac (Windows Media Player)
    • RealPlayer
    • VLC
  • iTunes
  • iCal
• Internet
  • Web
    • Safari
    • FireFox
    • Opera
    EMail
    • Mail
    • Thunderbird
    Collaboration (Chat)
    • iChat
    • Gizmo Project
    FTP/SFTP
    • CyberDuck
    • Fugu
    • sftp, ssh, ftp on command line
    RSS
    • NetNewsWire Lite
• Science Assorted
  • supermongo
  • pgplot
  • gnuplot

The above list is by no means complete.  For help with our computer systems or questions about hardware/software, click here or contact the help desk.