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==Required Proprietary Software==
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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.
This is a list of proprietary software required for classes.
 
  
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== Libre Applications ==
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See [[Annotation]] for a more in depth explanation about annotation software.
  
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==== [http://freshmeat.net/projects/jarnal Jarnal] - Java based PDF annotator ====
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==== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okular Okular] - KDE Document viewer ====
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==== [http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ Xournal] - GTK+ inking application ====
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==== [https://gnuradio.org GNURadio] - "Provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios and signal-processing systems." ====
 +
==== Used by the Hume Center for research ====
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==== [[LaTeX]] - Markup & typesetting system for producing high-quality documents ====
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* The [https://github.com/josephwright/beamer Beamer] is used to create slides/posters
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* See [[LaTeX#Example_LaTeX_documents]] for example documents
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==== [http://www.mono-project.com/ Mono] - Cross platform .NET compiler and runtime ====
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* [http://www.monodevelop.com/ MonoDevelop] GUI for Mono
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==== [http://pygments.org/ Pygments] - Source code pretty-printer that outpus to many formats ====
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==== [https://www.r-project.org/ R] - The programming language for statistics ====
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==== [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html SPIM] - MIPS R2000 & R3000 simulator for educational purposes ====
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==== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox VirtualBox] - Virtualization software ====
 +
==== [https://libvirt.org/ LibVirt] - API for manaing virtual machines under QEMU, KVM, or XEN ====
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Machine_Manager virt-manager] is a GUI for libvirt
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==== [http://xmonad.org Xmonad] - Haskell based windows manager ====
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* [https://linx.li/ackthetxmonad.txt Ackthet's] configuration
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==== [http://bluej.org/ BlueJ] - Simple Java IDE ====
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==== [https://github.com/Rip-Rip/clang_complete Clang Complete] - Popular Clang addon for vim ====
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==== [https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ Screen] - Popular terminal multiplexer ====
 +
==== [[w:tmux|tmux]] - Popular terminal multiplexer ====
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* [[.tmux.conf|User .tmux.conf configs]]
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==== [http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/ Xoscope] - Oscilloscope program ====
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==== [http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ Xournal] - Notetaking/Sketching/Journal App ====
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==== [[Qucs]] - "Quite Universal Circuit Simulator" ====
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==== [https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtoctave.berlios/ QtOctave] - GUI for Octave ====
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== Non-libre Applications ==
 
{| class='wikitable'
 
{| class='wikitable'
 
|-
 
|-
! Course
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! Software
! Proprietary Software
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! License
! VM
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! WINE?
! WINE
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! VM?
! Native Linux Version
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! Native Linux?
 
! Equivalent FOSS
 
! Equivalent FOSS
 
! Notes
 
! Notes
 
|-
 
|-
| Multiple
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| [https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html MATLAB]
| [[DyKnow]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| yes
 
| style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32)" | Garbage
 
| no
 
| [http://up.ucsd.edu/ Ubiquitous Presenter] (Free for academic use), completely free version a work in progress
 
| Get through installation by deleting the dependency entries.
 
|-
 
| [[gp:ENGE 1024 Engineering Exploration|ENGE 1024 Engineering Exploration]]
 
[[gp:ENGE 1104 Exploration of Digital Future|ENGE 1104 Exploration of Digital Future]]
 
| [[w:LabVIEW|LabVIEW]]
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|-
 
| Multiple
 
| [[w:MATLAB|MATLAB]]
 
| yes
 
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=49 Gold]
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=49 Gold]
| yes
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 
| [[QtOctave]], [http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ FreeMat] (stale?), [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] (console), [http://www.scilab.org/ Scilab] (not syntax-compatible), [http://sagemath.org/ Sage]
 
| [[QtOctave]], [http://freemat.sourceforge.net/ FreeMat] (stale?), [http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ Octave] (console), [http://www.scilab.org/ Scilab] (not syntax-compatible), [http://sagemath.org/ Sage]
| [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.
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| [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]
 
|-
 
|-
| Multiple
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| [https://www.dyknow.com/ DyKnow]
| [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx MS Visual C++] ([http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/ Express])
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage
| style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=11210 Garbage]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
| no
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
| [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] + [http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ GDB] + [http://valgrind.org/ Valgrind], [http://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop]
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| [https://up.ucsd.edu/ Ubiquitous Presenter] (Free for academic use), completely free version a work in progress
 +
| Contains malware.
 +
|-
 +
| [http://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/labview.html LabView]
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 +
|
 +
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
|
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:BIT 2406 Quantitative Methods|BIT 2406 Quantitative Methods]]
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| [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx Microsoft Visual C++]
| Microsoft Excel 2007 (Solver)
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=11210 Garbage]
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=12812 Gold]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
| no
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
| [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric] ([http://openoffice.org/product/calc.html OpenOffice.org Calc] does not generate reports)
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| [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GCC] + [http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ GDB] + [http://valgrind.org/ Valgrind], [http://www.kdevelop.org/ KDevelop], [http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ eclipse-cdt]
| Absolute values ( such as "1" or "0") can not be used for
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|
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.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:BIT 2406 Quantitative Methods|BIT 2406 Quantitative Methods]]
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| Microsoft Excel 2007
| Microsoft Excel 2007 (Analysis Toolpack)
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| yes
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| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=12812 Gold]
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=12812 Gold]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
| no
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 
| [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric]
 
| [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric]
|  
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| 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.
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Reports are dated in UTC.
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 2074 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory|ECE 2074 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory]]
 
 
| [[w:PSpice|PSpice]]
 
| [[w:PSpice|PSpice]]
| yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: silver" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=1026 Silver]
 
| style="background: silver" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=1026 Silver]
| no
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 
| [[Qucs]]
 
| [[Qucs]]
 
| You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/docs/workbook.pdf Qucs workbook].
 
| You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/docs/workbook.pdf Qucs workbook].
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 2074 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory|ECE 2074 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory]]
 
 
| [http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/scope_en Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope]
 
| [http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/scope_en Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope]
 
| ?
 
| ?
 
| style="background: gold" | Gold
 
| style="background: gold" | Gold
| no
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| ?
| [[xoscope]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
|  
+
| [[xoscope]]
 +
|
 +
|-
 +
| [http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?country=us&lang=enu&id=524708 PCLab]
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 +
| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/screenshots.php?iAppId=2456&iVersionId= Bronze?]
 +
| Kind of
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 +
| none, if you want to use this hardware
 +
| bwr is supposedly working on a linux driver so that this 'scope might also work with [[xoscope]]
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 2504 Introduction to Computer Engineering|ECE 2504 Introduction to Computer Engineering]]
 
 
| [http://www.logicworks5.com/ LogicWorks]
 
| [http://www.logicworks5.com/ LogicWorks]
| yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=4944 Gold]
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=4944 Gold]
| no
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
| [[Qucs]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [[Qucs]]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 2504 Introduction to Computer Engineering|ECE 2504 Introduction to Computer Engineering]]
 
 
| [[w:MPLAB|MPLAB]]
 
| [[w:MPLAB|MPLAB]]
| yes
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| ??
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=403 Gold]
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=403 Gold]
| no
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
| [http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ Piklab]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| [http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ Piklab]
 
|  
 
|  
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 2534 Microprocessor System Design|ECE 2534 Microprocessor System Design]]
 
 
| [[MicroBlaze|Xilinx tools]] (parts GPL'd)
 
| [[MicroBlaze|Xilinx tools]] (parts GPL'd)
| sometimes quirky
+
| ??
 
|  
 
|  
| yes
+
| Sometimes quirky
 +
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 
|  
 
|  
 
| Use 9.x natively with [http://rmdir.de/%7Emichael/xilinx/ libusb-driver].
 
| Use 9.x natively with [http://rmdir.de/%7Emichael/xilinx/ libusb-driver].
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 3504 Digital Design I|ECE 3504 Digital Design I]]
 
 
| [http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2759 WinCupl]
 
| [http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2759 WinCupl]
|  
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=2480 Gold]
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=2480 Gold]
| no
+
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 
|  
 
|  
| Needs MFC40.dll:
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| Needs MFC40.dll:
 
<pre>wget http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc40.cab
 
<pre>wget http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc40.cab
 
cabextract mfc40.cab
 
cabextract mfc40.cab
 
wine mfc40.exe</pre>
 
wine mfc40.exe</pre>
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 4564 Network Application Design|ECE 4564 Network Application Design]]
 
 
| [[w:Microsoft_Visual_C_Sharp|MS Visual C#]] + [[w:.NET Framework|.NET]]
 
| [[w:Microsoft_Visual_C_Sharp|MS Visual C#]] + [[w:.NET Framework|.NET]]
| yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| ?
+
| ??
| no
+
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 
| [[MonoDevelop]] + [[Mono]]
 
| [[MonoDevelop]] + [[Mono]]
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 4560 Computer and Network Security Fundamentals|ECE 4560 Computer and Network Security Fundamentals]]
 
 
| [[VMware]] products
 
| [[VMware]] products
| ?
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| ?
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
| yes
+
| ...
| [[VirtualBox]], [[QEMU]], others
+
| Some
| VMware images are provided as part of some assignments and conversion may be necessary
+
| Virtualbox, QEMU
 +
| VMware's tools can generally be used to convert images between VMware and VirtualBox/QEMU formats.
 
|-
 
|-
| CEE 4024 (and others)
 
 
| [https://www.microsoft.com/project/ Microsoft Project]
 
| [https://www.microsoft.com/project/ Microsoft Project]
| Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18152 Bronze]
 
| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18152 Bronze]
| No
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 
| [http://live.gnome.org/Planner GNOME Planner]
 
| [http://live.gnome.org/Planner GNOME Planner]
 
| Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints
 
| Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints
 
|-
 
|-
| Multiple (CEE and BC)
 
 
| [http://usa.autodesk.com/ Autodesk Products]
 
| [http://usa.autodesk.com/ Autodesk Products]
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage
 
| Buggy
 
| Buggy
| style="background: " | Garbage
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
No
 
 
|  
 
|  
 
| Success in Wine depends on the Autodesk product used and revisions of all software involved.
 
| Success in Wine depends on the Autodesk product used and revisions of all software involved.
 
|-
 
|-
| Multiple
 
 
| [https://www.microsoft.com/visio/ Microsoft Visio]
 
| [https://www.microsoft.com/visio/ Microsoft Visio]
| Yes
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=16692 Gold]
 
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=16692 Gold]
| No
+
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 
| [http://live.gnome.org/Dia Dia]
 
| [http://live.gnome.org/Dia Dia]
 
| Lots of add-ons for circuit shapes and logic for flowcharts
 
| Lots of add-ons for circuit shapes and logic for flowcharts
 
|-
 
|-
| [http://www.ece.vt.edu/ugrad/viewcourse.php?number=1574-1 ECE 1574]
 
 
| [https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us Microsoft Visual Studio]
 
| [https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us Microsoft Visual Studio]
| Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=892 Garbage]
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=892 Garbage]
| No  
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
| [http://gcc.gnu.org/ gcc]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
| Compiling C++ in gcc is okay, but testing in a Visual Studio environment is recommended to make sure that the project will work correctly before turning it in
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| [http://gcc.gnu.org/ gcc], [http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ eclipse-cdt]
 +
| Compiling C++ in g++ is okay, but 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
==Required Free/Open Source Software==
+
| ?
This is a list of [[Free Software]] required for classes.
+
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
{| class='wikitable'
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| [[LibreOffice]] Impress, [[Beamer]]
 +
| Some instructors may require PPTX files, but some may also accept PDF; your mileage will very depending upon your instructor.
 
|-
 
|-
! Course
+
| [http://www.sibelius.com/products/scorch/index.html Sibelius Scorch]
! Software
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
! License
+
| ?
! Package Name
+
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:ECE 2500 Computer Organization|ECE 2500 Computer Organization]]
+
| [https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html Adobe Flash Player]
| [[SPIM]]
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| BSD
+
| ?
| '''Gentoo''': [http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emulation/spim spim]
+
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
'''Ubuntu''': [http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/spim spim]
+
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
| [[gp:CS 1054 Introduction to Programming in Java|CS 1054 Introduction to Programming in Java]]
+
| [https://www.respondus.com/products/lockdown-browser/ Respondus LockDown Browser]
| rowspan="2" | [[BlueJ]]
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
| rowspan="2" | [[GPL]]
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | [https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=13078 No?]
| rowspan="2" | '''Arch Linux''': [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=13853 bluej]
+
| style="background: LightCoral" | [http://support.respondus.com/support/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/201/25/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
| [[gp:CS 1114 Introduction to Software Design|CS 1114 Introduction to Software Design]]
+
|  
|-
+
| 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, <em>must be run as administrator</em>
| [[gp:CS 2114 Software Design & Data Structures|CS 2114 Software Design & Data Structures]]
 
| [[Eclipse]]
 
| [[EPL]]
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [http://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/eclipse/ eclipse]
 
|-
 
| [[gp:CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I|CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I]]
 
| rowspan="2" | [[MARS]]
 
| rowspan="2" | MIT
 
| rowspan="2" | '''Arch Linux''': [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34565 mars-mips]
 
|-
 
| [[gp:CS 2506 Intro to Computer Organization II|CS 2506 Into to Computer Organization II]]
 
|-
 
| [[gp:CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I|CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I]]
 
| rowspan="3" | [[gcc]]
 
| rowspan="3" | GPL
 
| rowspan="3" | '''Arch Linux''': [http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc/ gcc]
 
|-
 
| [[gp:CS 2506 Intro to Computer Organization II|CS 2506 Into to Computer Organization II]]
 
|-
 
| [[gp:CS 3214 Computer Systems|CS 3214 Computer Systems]]
 
|-
 
| [[gp:CS 3214 Computer Systems|CS 3214 Computer Systems]]
 
| [[gdb]]
 
| GPL
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gdb/ gdb]
 
|-
 
| [[gp:CS 3214 Computer Systems|CS 3214 Computer Systems]]
 
| [[valgrind]]
 
| GPL
 
| '''Arch Linux''': [http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/valgrind/ valgrind]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 +
| [http://www.tech-tools.com/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, <em>must be run as administrator</em>
 
|}
 
|}
  
[[Example LaTeX Chem Lab Report]] - An example lab report for CHEM 1045 written in LaTeX.
+
== Course management software ==
 +
==== [http://www.blackboard.com/index.html Blackboard] - ??? - 2010 ====
 +
==== [https://scholar.vt.edu/portal Scholar] - 2010 - 2017 ====
 +
==== [https://canvas.vt.edu Canvas] - 2017 - Current ====
  
==See Also==
+
== See Also ==
 
* [[Computer requirement]]
 
* [[Computer requirement]]
* [[:Category:Libre course software|Libre course software]]
 
* [[:Category:Proprietary course software|Proprietary course software]]
 
  
 
[[Category:Software]]
 
[[Category:Software]]
[[Category:Campus bugs]]
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[[Category:Featured content]]
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[[Category:Needs restoration]]

Latest revision as of 03:13, 4 January 2019

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.

Libre Applications

See Annotation for a more in depth explanation about annotation software.

Jarnal - Java based PDF annotator

Okular - KDE Document viewer

Xournal - GTK+ inking application

GNURadio - "Provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios and signal-processing systems."

Used by the Hume Center for research

LaTeX - Markup & typesetting system for producing high-quality documents

Mono - Cross platform .NET compiler and runtime

Pygments - Source code pretty-printer that outpus to many formats

R - The programming language for statistics

SPIM - MIPS R2000 & R3000 simulator for educational purposes

VirtualBox - Virtualization software

LibVirt - API for manaing virtual machines under QEMU, KVM, or XEN

Xmonad - Haskell based windows manager

BlueJ - Simple Java IDE

Clang Complete - Popular Clang addon for vim

Screen - Popular terminal multiplexer

tmux - Popular terminal multiplexer

Xoscope - Oscilloscope program

Xournal - Notetaking/Sketching/Journal App

Qucs - "Quite Universal Circuit Simulator"

QtOctave - GUI for Octave

Non-libre Applications

Software License WINE? VM? Native Linux? Equivalent FOSS Notes
MATLAB Proprietary Gold Yes Yes QtOctave, FreeMat (stale?), Octave (console), Scilab (not syntax-compatible), Sage Parallelize number crunching using the CVL
DyKnow Proprietary Garbage Yes No Ubiquitous Presenter (Free for academic use), completely free version a work in progress Contains malware.
LabView Proprietary Yes Yes
Microsoft Visual C++ Proprietary Garbage Yes No GCC + GDB + Valgrind, KDevelop, eclipse-cdt
Microsoft Excel 2007 Proprietary Gold Yes No Gnumeric 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.

PSpice Proprietary Silver Yes No Qucs You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the Qucs workbook.
Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope ? Gold ? No xoscope
PCLab Proprietary Bronze? Kind of No none, if you want to use this hardware bwr is supposedly working on a linux driver so that this 'scope might also work with xoscope
LogicWorks Proprietary Gold Yes No Qucs
MPLAB ?? Gold Yes Yes Piklab
Xilinx tools (parts GPL'd) ?? Sometimes quirky Yes Use 9.x natively with libusb-driver.
WinCupl Proprietary Gold Yes No Needs MFC40.dll:
wget http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vc/mfc40.cab
cabextract mfc40.cab
wine mfc40.exe
MS Visual C# + .NET Proprietary ?? Yes No MonoDevelop + Mono
VMware products Proprietary No ... Some Virtualbox, QEMU VMware's tools can generally be used to convert images between VMware and VirtualBox/QEMU formats.
Microsoft Project Proprietary Bronze Yes No GNOME Planner Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints
Autodesk Products Proprietary Garbage Buggy No Success in Wine depends on the Autodesk product used and revisions of all software involved.
Microsoft Visio Proprietary Gold Yes No Dia Lots of add-ons for circuit shapes and logic for flowcharts
Microsoft Visual Studio Proprietary Garbage Yes No gcc, eclipse-cdt Compiling C++ in g++ is okay, but testing in a Visual Studio environment is recommended to make sure that the project will work correctly before turning it in.
Microsoft PowerPoint Proprietary ? Yes No LibreOffice Impress, Beamer Some instructors may require PPTX files, but some may also accept PDF; your mileage will very depending upon your instructor.
Sibelius Scorch Proprietary ? Yes No
Adobe Flash Player Proprietary ? Yes Yes
Respondus LockDown Browser Proprietary No? No 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, must be run as administrator
DigiView Proprietary ?? Yes 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, must be run as administrator

Course management software

Blackboard - ??? - 2010

Scholar - 2010 - 2017

Canvas - 2017 - Current

See Also