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This page includes information about both libre and non-libre software, rather than having it fragmented in a ton of separate pages across the wiki. = Required Software Matrix =<table borderLibre Applications =="1"><tr>See [[Annotation]] for a more in depth explanation about annotation software.<th> Class<==== [http://freshmeat.net/th><th> Proprietary Softwareprojects/jarnal Jarnal] - Java based PDF annotator ====<==== [https:/th><th> VM</th><th> WINEen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okular Okular] - KDE Document viewer ====<==== [http:/th><th> Native Linux Version</th><th> Equivalent FOSS<xournal.sourceforge.net/th><th> NotesXournal] - GTK+ inking application ====<==== [https:/th></tr>gnuradio.org GNURadio] - "Provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios and signal-processing systems." ====<tr>==== Used by the Hume Center for research ====<td> Multiple==== [[LaTeX]] - Markup & typesetting system for producing high-quality documents ====<* The [https:/td><td> /github.com/josephwright/beamer Beamer] is used to create slides/posters* See [[DyKnowLaTeX#Example_LaTeX_documents]]for example documents</td><td> yes</td><td style="background=== [http: rgb(154, 63, 32) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; //www.mono-mozproject.com/ Mono] -background-clipCross platform .NET compiler and runtime ====* [http://www.monodevelop.com/ MonoDevelop] GUI for Mono==== [http: border; //pygments.org/ Pygments] -mozSource code pretty-background-originprinter that outpus to many formats ======== [https: padding; //www.r-mozproject.org/ R] -background-inline-policy: continuous;"> GarbageThe programming language for statistics ====</td><td> no</td><td> ==== [http://uppages.cs.ucsdwisc.edu/ Ubiquitous Presenter~larus/spim.html SPIM] (Free - MIPS R2000 & R3000 simulator for academic use)educational purposes ====<==== [https://td><td> Get through installation under WINE by installing en.NET yourselfwikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox VirtualBox] - Virtualization software ====<==== [https:/td></tr><tr><td> Multiplelibvirt.org/ LibVirt] - API for manaing virtual machines under QEMU, KVM, or XEN ====</td><td> * [httphttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB MATLABVirtual_Machine_Manager virt-manager]is a GUI for libvirt<==== [http://td><td> yesxmonad.org Xmonad] - Haskell based windows manager ====<* [https:/td><td style/linx.li/ackthetxmonad.txt Ackthet's] configuration==== [http://bluej.org/ BlueJ] - Simple Java IDE ========"background[https: gold none repeat scroll 0% 0%; //github.com/Rip-mozRip/clang_complete Clang Complete] -backgroundPopular Clang addon for vim ======== [https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ Screen] - Popular terminal multiplexer ======== [[w:tmux|tmux]] -clipPopular terminal multiplexer ====* [[.tmux.conf|User .tmux.conf configs]] ==== [http: border; //xoscope.sourceforge.net/ Xoscope] -mozOscilloscope program ======== [http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ Xournal] -backgroundNotetaking/Sketching/Journal App ======== [[Qucs]] -origin"Quite Universal Circuit Simulator" ==== ==== [https: padding; //sourceforge.net/projects/qtoctave.berlios/ QtOctave] -mozGUI for Octave ==== == Non-backgroundlibre Applications =={| class='wikitable'|-inline! Software! License! WINE?! VM?! Native Linux?! Equivalent FOSS! Notes|-policy| [https: continuous;//www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html MATLAB]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background: gold"> | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=49 Gold]</td><td> yes| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes</td><td> | [[QtOctave]], [http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ FreeMat] (stale?), [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] (console), [http://www.scilab.org/ Scilab] (slightly different not syntax but comes with a conversion script-compatible), [http://sagemath.org/ Sage] (?)</td><td> | [http://computing.ece.vt.edu/wiki/Matlab#Using_the_MPI_parallel_toolbox Parallelize number crunching] using the [http://computing.ece.vt.edu/wiki/Main_Page CVL]|-| [https://www.dyknow. ENGE 1104 requires functions not in Octavecom/FreeMat.DyKnow]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No<| [https://td><up.ucsd.edu/tr>Ubiquitous Presenter] (Free for academic use), completely free version a work in progress<tr>| Contains malware.<td> Multiple|-</td><td> | [http://www.microsoftni.com/visualstudio/en-us/defaultshop/labview.mspx Visual C++ 2008html LabView] (| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| | style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes|| |-| [http://www.microsoft.com/expressvisualstudio/vcen-us/ Expressdefault.mspx Microsoft Visual C++])</td><td> yes</td><td | style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;LightCoral"> | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=11210 Garbage]</td><td> no| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No</td><td> | [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] + [http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ GDB] + [http://valgrind.org/ Valgrind], [http://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop]<, [http://td><td><www.eclipse.org/td><cdt/tr>eclipse-cdt]<tr>|<td> BIT 2406|-</td><td> | Microsoft Excel 2007 (Solver)</td><td> yes| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary</td><td | style="background: gold none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=12812 Gold]</td><td> no| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No</td><td> | [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric] ([http://openoffice.org/product/calc.html OpenOffice.org Calc] does not generate reports)</td><td> | Absolute values ( such as "1" or "0") can not be used forconstraints. Multiple cell ranges can not be manipulated at once,making Gnumeric unusable for transshipment problems and goalprogramming. Cell ranges can only be compared to ranges of equal lengthand width in constraints. Nonlinear programming is not yet possible.

</td></tr>|-<tr>| [[w:PSpice|PSpice]]<td> BIT 2406</td><td> Microsoft Excel 2007 (Analysis Toolpak)</td><td> yes</td><td | style="background: gold none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;silver"> | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=12812 Gold1026 Silver]</td><td> no| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No| [[Qucs]]</td><td> | You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the [http://projectsqucs.gnomesourceforge.orgnet/gnumericdocs/ Gnumericworkbook.pdf Qucs workbook].</td><td>|-</td></tr><tr><td> ECE 2074</td><td> | [http://enwww.wikipediazeitnitz.orgde/wikiChristian/PSpice PSpicescope_en Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope]</td><td> yes| ?</td><td | style="background: silver none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-gold" | Gold| ?| style="background: LightCoral" | No| [[xoscope]]||-clip| [http: border; -moz-//www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?country=us&lang=enu&id=524708 PCLab]| style="background-origin: padding; -moz-LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background-inline-policy: continuous;rgb(225, 172, 110)"> | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManagerscreenshots.php?sClassiAppId=version2456&amp;iIdiVersionId=1026 SilverBronze?]</td><td> no| Kind of| style="background: LightCoral" | No| none, if you want to use this hardware</td><td> | bwr is supposedly working on a linux driver so that this 'scope might also work with [[Qucsxoscope]]</td><td> You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/docs/workbook.pdf Qucs workbook].|-</td></tr><tr><td> ECE 2504</td><td> | [http://www.logicworks5.com/ LogicWorks]</td><td> yes| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary</td><td | style="background: gold none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;">| [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=4944 Gold]</td><td> no| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No</td><td> | [[Qucs]]</td><td>| </td></tr>|-<tr><td> ECE 2504</td><td> | [[httpw://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPLAB |MPLAB]]</td><td> yes| ??</td><td | style="background: gold none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=403 Gold]</td><td> no| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes</td><td> | [http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ Piklab]</td><td>| </td></tr>|-<tr><td> ECE 2534</td><td> | [[MicroBlaze|Xilinx tools]] (parts GPL'd)</td><td> sometimes | ??| | Sometimes quirky</td><td>| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes</td><td> yes| </td><td></td><td> | Use 9.x natively with [http://rmdir.de/%7Emichael/xilinx/ libusb-driver].</td></tr>|-<tr><td> ECE 3504</td><td> | [http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2759 WinCupl]</td><td>| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary</td><td | style="background: gold none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=2480 Gold]</td><td> no| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No</td><td>| </td><td> | Needs MFC40.dll:

<|-| [[w:Microsoft_Visual_C_Sharp|MS Visual C#]] + [[w:.NET Framework|.NET]]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| ??| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No| [[MonoDevelop]] + [[Mono]]||-| [[VMware]] products| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background: LightCoral" | No| ...| Some| Virtualbox, QEMU| VMware's tools can generally be used to convert images between VMware and VirtualBox/QEMU formats.|-| [https://www.microsoft.com/project/ Microsoft Project]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://td><appdb.winehq.org/tr>objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18152 Bronze]<tr>| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes<td> ENGE 1104| style="background: LightCoral" | No<| [http://live.gnome.org/td><td> Planner GNOME Planner]| Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints|-| [http://usa.autodesk.com/ Autodesk Products]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage| Buggy| style="background: LightCoral" | No| | Success in Wine depends on the Autodesk product used and revisions of all software involved.|-| [https://www.freescalemicrosoft.com/webappvisio/ Microsoft Visio]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background: gold" | [http:/sps/siteappdb.winehq.org/homepageobjectManager.jspphp?nodeIdsClass=version&iId=012726 CodeWarrior16692 Gold]<| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No| [http://live.gnome.org/Dia Dia]| Lots of add-ons for circuit shapes and logic for flowcharts|-| [https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/td><td> noen-us Microsoft Visual Studio]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary<| style="background: LightCoral" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/td><td objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=892 Garbage]| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: rgb(225LightCoral" | No| [http://gcc.gnu.org/ gcc], 172[http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ eclipse-cdt]| Compiling C++ in g++ is okay, 110) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -mozbut testing in a Visual Studio environment is recommended to make sure that the project will work correctly before turning it in.|-| [https://www.microsoft.com/powerpoint/ Microsoft PowerPoint]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| ?| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background-clip: borderLightCoral" | No| [[LibreOffice]] Impress, [[Beamer]]| Some instructors may require PPTX files, but some may also accept PDF; your mileage will very depending upon your instructor.|-moz| [http://www.sibelius.com/products/scorch/index.html Sibelius Scorch]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| ?| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No| | |-| [https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html Adobe Flash Player]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| ?| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| | |-origin| [https: padding; -moz//www.respondus.com/products/lockdown-browser/ Respondus LockDown Browser]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| style="background-inline-policy: continuous;LightCoral"> | [httphttps://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=1300 Bronze13078 No?]<| style="background: LightCoral" | [http://support.respondus.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/201/25/td>students-see-the-warning-the-browser-cant-be-used-in-virtual-machine-software-such-as-virtual-pc-vmware-and-parallels No]| style="background: LightCoral" | No| | Integrates with Scholar, Canvas for testing; prevents access to other tabs, perhaps other apps (by blacklist), resists running in virtualized environments and some releases of Wine, <tdem> yesmust be run as administrator</td><tdem><|-| [http://www.tech-tools.com/td><td>index.htm DigiView]| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary| ??| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes| style="background: LightCoral" | No| | Integrates with Scholar, Canvas for testing; prevents access to other tabs, perhaps other apps (by blacklist), resists running in virtualized environments and some releases of Wine, </tdem>must be run as administrator</tr></tableem>|}

== Course management software ====== [http://www.blackboard.com/index.html Blackboard] - ??? - 2010 ======== [Example LaTeX Chem Lab Reporthttps://scholar.vt.edu/portal Scholar]- 2010 - 2017 ======== [https://canvas.vt.edu Canvas] - An example lab report for CHEM 1045 written in LaTeX.2017 - Current ====

==See Also==* [[:Category:Libre course software|Libre course software]]* [[:Category:Proprietary course software|Proprietary course softwareComputer requirement]]