Changes
Import from old wiki
= Required Software Matrix =
<table border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th> Class
</th><th> Proprietary Software
</th><th> VM
</th><th> WINE
</th><th> Native Linux Version
</th><th> Equivalent FOSS
</th><th> Notes
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td> Multiple
</td><td> [http://www.dyknow.com/ DyKnow]
</td><td> yes
</td><td style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> Garbage
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://up.ucsd.edu/ Ubiquitous Presenter] (Free [libre] for academic use)
</td><td> Get through installation under WINE by installing .NET yourself.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Multiple
</td><td> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB MATLAB]
</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&iId=49 Gold]
</td><td> yes
</td><td> [http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ FreeMat] (stale?), [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] (console), [http://www.scilab.org/ Scilab] (slightly different syntax but comes with a conversion script), [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]. ENGE 1104 requires functions not in Octave/FreeMat.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Multiple
</td><td> [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx Visual C++ 2008] ([http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/ Express])
</td><td> yes
</td><td style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32) 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&iId=11210 Garbage]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] + [http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ GDB] + [http://valgrind.org/ Valgrind], [http://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> BIT 2406
</td><td> Microsoft Excel 2007 (Solver)
</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=version&iId=12812 Gold]
</td><td> 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 for
constraints. Multiple cell ranges can not be manipulated at once,
making Gnumeric unusable for transshipment problems and goal
programming. Cell ranges can only be compared to ranges of equal length
and width in constraints. Nonlinear programming is not yet possible.
Reports are dated in UTC.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> BIT 2406
</td><td> Microsoft Excel 2007 (Analysis Toolpak)
</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=version&iId=12812 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ECE 2074
</td><td> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSpice PSpice]
</td><td> yes
</td><td style="background: silver 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&iId=1026 Silver]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/index.html Qucs]
</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
</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&iId=4944 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/index.html Qucs]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ECE 2504
</td><td> [http://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&iId=403 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ Piklab]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ECE 2534
</td><td> Xilinx tools (parts GPL'd)
</td><td> sometimes quirky
</td><td>
</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>
</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&iId=2480 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td>
</td><td> Needs MFC40.dll:
<pre>wget http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc40.cab
cabextract mfc40.cab
wine mfc40.exe</pre>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ENGE 1104
</td><td> [http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?nodeId=012726 CodeWarrior]
</td><td> no
</td><td style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110) 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&iId=1300 Bronze]
</td><td> yes
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
[http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Example_LaTeX_Chem_Lab_Report Example LaTeX Chem Lab Report] - An example lab report for CHEM 1045 written in LaTeX.
<table border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th> Class
</th><th> Proprietary Software
</th><th> VM
</th><th> WINE
</th><th> Native Linux Version
</th><th> Equivalent FOSS
</th><th> Notes
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td> Multiple
</td><td> [http://www.dyknow.com/ DyKnow]
</td><td> yes
</td><td style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32) none repeat scroll 0% 0%; -moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-origin: padding; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous;"> Garbage
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://up.ucsd.edu/ Ubiquitous Presenter] (Free [libre] for academic use)
</td><td> Get through installation under WINE by installing .NET yourself.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Multiple
</td><td> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MATLAB MATLAB]
</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&iId=49 Gold]
</td><td> yes
</td><td> [http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ FreeMat] (stale?), [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] (console), [http://www.scilab.org/ Scilab] (slightly different syntax but comes with a conversion script), [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]. ENGE 1104 requires functions not in Octave/FreeMat.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> Multiple
</td><td> [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx Visual C++ 2008] ([http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/ Express])
</td><td> yes
</td><td style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32) 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&iId=11210 Garbage]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] + [http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ GDB] + [http://valgrind.org/ Valgrind], [http://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> BIT 2406
</td><td> Microsoft Excel 2007 (Solver)
</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=version&iId=12812 Gold]
</td><td> 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 for
constraints. Multiple cell ranges can not be manipulated at once,
making Gnumeric unusable for transshipment problems and goal
programming. Cell ranges can only be compared to ranges of equal length
and width in constraints. Nonlinear programming is not yet possible.
Reports are dated in UTC.
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> BIT 2406
</td><td> Microsoft Excel 2007 (Analysis Toolpak)
</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=version&iId=12812 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ECE 2074
</td><td> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSpice PSpice]
</td><td> yes
</td><td style="background: silver 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&iId=1026 Silver]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/index.html Qucs]
</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
</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&iId=4944 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/index.html Qucs]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ECE 2504
</td><td> [http://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&iId=403 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td> [http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ Piklab]
</td><td>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ECE 2534
</td><td> Xilinx tools (parts GPL'd)
</td><td> sometimes quirky
</td><td>
</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>
</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&iId=2480 Gold]
</td><td> no
</td><td>
</td><td> Needs MFC40.dll:
<pre>wget http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc40.cab
cabextract mfc40.cab
wine mfc40.exe</pre>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td> ENGE 1104
</td><td> [http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?nodeId=012726 CodeWarrior]
</td><td> no
</td><td style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110) 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&iId=1300 Bronze]
</td><td> yes
</td><td>
</td><td>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
[http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Example_LaTeX_Chem_Lab_Report Example LaTeX Chem Lab Report] - An example lab report for CHEM 1045 written in LaTeX.