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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.
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This is a list of proprietary software required for classes.
 
  
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<table border="1">
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== Libre Applications ==
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<th> Class
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See [[Annotation]] for a more in depth explanation about annotation software.
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</th><th> Proprietary Software
 
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</th><th> VM
 
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</th><th> WINE
 
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</th><th> Native Linux Version
 
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</th><th> Equivalent FOSS
 
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</th><th> Notes
 
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</th>
 
  
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<tr>
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==== [http://freshmeat.net/projects/jarnal Jarnal] - Java based PDF annotator ====
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<td> Multiple
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==== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okular Okular] - KDE Document viewer ====
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</td><td> [[DyKnow]]
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==== [http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ Xournal] - GTK+ inking application ====
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</td><td> yes
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==== [https://gnuradio.org GNURadio] - "Provides signal processing blocks to implement software-defined radios and signal-processing systems." ====
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</td><td style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32)"> Garbage
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==== Used by the Hume Center for research ====
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</td><td> no
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==== [[LaTeX]] - Markup & typesetting system for producing high-quality documents ====
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</td><td> [http://up.ucsd.edu/ Ubiquitous Presenter] (Free for academic use), completely free version a work in progress
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* The [https://github.com/josephwright/beamer Beamer] is used to create slides/posters
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</td><td> Get through installation by deleting the dependency entries.
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* See [[LaTeX#Example_LaTeX_documents]] for example documents
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</td></tr>
 
  
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<tr>
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==== [http://www.mono-project.com/ Mono] - Cross platform .NET compiler and runtime ====
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<td> Multiple
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* [http://www.monodevelop.com/ MonoDevelop] GUI for Mono
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</td><td> [[w:MATLAB|MATLAB]]
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==== [http://pygments.org/ Pygments] - Source code pretty-printer that outpus to many formats ====
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</td><td> yes
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==== [https://www.r-project.org/ R] - The programming language for statistics ====
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</td><td style="background: gold"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=49 Gold]
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==== [http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~larus/spim.html SPIM] - MIPS R2000 & R3000 simulator for educational purposes ====
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</td><td> yes
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==== [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirtualBox VirtualBox] - Virtualization software ====
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</td><td> [[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]
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==== [https://libvirt.org/ LibVirt] - API for manaing virtual machines under QEMU, KVM, or XEN ====
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</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.
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_Machine_Manager virt-manager] is a GUI for libvirt
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</td></tr>
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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 ====
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==== [[w:tmux|tmux]] - Popular terminal multiplexer ====
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* [[.tmux.conf|User .tmux.conf configs]]
  
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<tr>
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==== [http://xoscope.sourceforge.net/ Xoscope] - Oscilloscope program ====
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<td> Multiple
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==== [http://xournal.sourceforge.net/ Xournal] - Notetaking/Sketching/Journal App ====
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</td><td>[http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx MS Visual C++] ([http://www.microsoft.com/express/vc/ Express])
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==== [[Qucs]] - "Quite Universal Circuit Simulator" ====
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</td><td>yes
 
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</td><td style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32)">[http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=11210 Garbage]
 
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</td><td>no
 
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</td><td>[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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</td><td>
 
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</td></tr>
 
  
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<tr>
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==== [https://sourceforge.net/projects/qtoctave.berlios/ QtOctave] - GUI for Octave ====
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<td> BIT 2406
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</td><td> Microsoft Excel 2007 (Solver)
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== Non-libre Applications ==
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</td><td> yes
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{| class='wikitable'
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</td><td style="background: gold"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=12812 Gold]
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|-
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</td><td> no
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! Software
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</td><td> [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric] ([http://openoffice.org/product/calc.html OpenOffice.org Calc] does not generate reports)
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! License
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</td><td> Absolute values ( such as "1" or "0") can not be used for
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! WINE?
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constraints. Multiple cell ranges can not be manipulated at once,
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! VM?
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making Gnumeric unusable for transshipment problems and goal
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! Native Linux?
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programming. Cell ranges can only be compared to ranges of equal length
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! Equivalent FOSS
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and width in constraints. Nonlinear programming is not yet possible.
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! Notes
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|-
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| [https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab.html MATLAB]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=49 Gold]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| [[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]
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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]
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|-
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| [https://www.dyknow.com/ DyKnow]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [https://up.ucsd.edu/ Ubiquitous Presenter] (Free for academic use), completely free version a work in progress
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| Contains malware.
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|-
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| [http://www.ni.com/en-us/shop/labview.html LabView]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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|
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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|
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|
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|-
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| [http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us/default.mspx Microsoft Visual C++]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| style="background: LightCoral" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=11210 Garbage]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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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]
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|
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|-
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| Microsoft Excel 2007
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=12812 Gold]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [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.
 
Reports are dated in UTC.
 
Reports are dated in UTC.
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</td></tr>
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|-
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| [[w:PSpice|PSpice]]
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<tr>
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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<td> BIT 2406
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| style="background: silver" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=1026 Silver]
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</td><td> Microsoft Excel 2007 (Analysis Toolpack)
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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</td><td> yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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</td><td style="background: gold"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=12812 Gold]
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| [[Qucs]]
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</td><td> no
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| You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/docs/workbook.pdf Qucs workbook].
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</td><td> [http://projects.gnome.org/gnumeric/ Gnumeric]
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|-
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</td><td>
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| [http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/scope_en Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope]
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</td></tr>
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| ?
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| style="background: gold" | Gold
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<tr>
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| ?
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<td>[[ECE 2074 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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</td><td> [[w:PSpice|PSpice]]
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| [[xoscope]]
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</td><td> yes
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|
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</td><td style="background: silver"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=1026 Silver]
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|-
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</td><td> no
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| [http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?country=us&lang=enu&id=524708 PCLab]
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</td><td> [[Qucs]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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</td><td> You can probably replace the Tront PSpice book with the [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/docs/workbook.pdf Qucs workbook].
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| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/screenshots.php?iAppId=2456&iVersionId= Bronze?]
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</td></tr>
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| Kind of
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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<tr>
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| none, if you want to use this hardware
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<td>[[ECE 2074 Electric Circuit Analysis Laboratory]]
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| bwr is supposedly working on a linux driver so that this 'scope might also work with [[xoscope]]
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</td><td> [http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/scope_en Zeitnitz Soundcard Oscilloscope]
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|-
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</td><td> ?
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| [http://www.logicworks5.com/ LogicWorks]
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</td><td style="background: gold"> Gold
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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</td><td> no
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| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=4944 Gold]
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</td><td> [[xoscope]]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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</td><td>
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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</td></tr>
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| [[Qucs]]
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|
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<td>[[ECE 2504 Introduction to Computer Engineering]]
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|-
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</td><td> [http://www.logicworks5.com/ LogicWorks]
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| [[w:MPLAB|MPLAB]]
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</td><td> yes
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| ??
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</td><td style="background: gold">[http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=4944 Gold]
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| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=403 Gold]
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</td><td> no
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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</td><td> [[Qucs]]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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</td><td>
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| [http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ Piklab]
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</td></tr>
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|
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|-
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<tr>
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| [[MicroBlaze|Xilinx tools]] (parts GPL'd)
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<td>[[ECE 2504 Introduction to Computer Engineering]]
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| ??
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</td><td> [[w:MPLAB|MPLAB]]
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|
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</td><td> yes
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| Sometimes quirky
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</td><td style="background: gold"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=403 Gold]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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</td><td> no
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|
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</td><td> [http://piklab.sourceforge.net/ Piklab]
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| Use 9.x natively with [http://rmdir.de/%7Emichael/xilinx/ libusb-driver].
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</td><td>
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|-
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</td></tr>
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| [http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2759 WinCupl]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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<tr>
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| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=2480 Gold]
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<td>[[ECE 2534 Microprocessor System Design]]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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</td><td> [[MicroBlaze|Xilinx tools]] (parts GPL'd)
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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</td><td> sometimes quirky
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|
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</td><td>
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| Needs MFC40.dll:
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</td><td> yes
 
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</td><td>
 
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</td><td> Use 9.x natively with [http://rmdir.de/%7Emichael/xilinx/ libusb-driver].
 
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</td></tr>
 
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<tr>
 
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<td>[[ECE 3504 Digital Design I]]
 
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</td><td> [http://www.atmel.com/dyn/products/tools_card.asp?tool_id=2759 WinCupl]
 
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</td><td>
 
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</td><td style="background: gold"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&amp;iId=2480 Gold]
 
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</td><td> no
 
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</td><td>
 
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</td><td> 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>
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</td></tr>
 
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<tr>
 
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<td>[[ECE 4564 Network Application Design]]</td>
 
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<td>[[w:Microsoft_Visual_C_Sharp|MS Visual C#]] + [[w:.NET Framework|.NET]]</td>
 
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<td>yes</td>
 
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<td>?</td>
 
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<td>no</td>
 
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<td>[[MonoDevelop]] + [[Mono]]</td>
 
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<td></td>
 
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</tr>
 
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<tr>
 
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<td>[[ECE 4560 Computer and Network Security Fundamentals]]</td>
 
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<td>[[VMware]] products</td>
 
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<td>?</td>
 
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<td>?</td>
 
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<td>yes</td>
 
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<td>[[VirtualBox]], [[QEMU]], others</td>
 
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<td></td>
 
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</tr>
 
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<tr>
 
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<td> ENGE 1104
 
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</td><td> [http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/homepage.jsp?nodeId=012726 CodeWarrior]
 
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</td><td> no
 
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</td><td style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&amp;iId=1300 Bronze]
 
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</td><td> yes
 
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</td><td>
 
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</td><td>
 
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</td></tr>
 
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<tr>
 
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<td> CEE 4024 (and others)
 
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</td><td> [https://www.microsoft.com/project/ Microsoft Project]
 
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</td><td> Yes
 
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</td><td style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18152 Bronze]
 
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</td><td> No
 
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</td><td>[http://live.gnome.org/Planner GNOME Planner]
 
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</td><td>Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints
 
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</td></tr>
 
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<tr>
 
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<td> Multiple (CEE and BC)
 
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</td><td> [http://usa.autodesk.com/ Autodesk Products]
 
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</td><td> Buggy
 
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</td><td style="background: rgb(154, 63, 32)"> Garbage
 
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</td><td> No
 
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</td><td>
 
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</td><td>Success in Wine depends on the Autodesk product used and revisions of all software involved.
 
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</td></tr>
 
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<tr>
 
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<td> Multiple
 
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</td><td> [https://www.microsoft.com/visio/ Microsoft Visio]
 
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</td><td> Yes
 
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</td><td style="background: gold"> [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=16692 Gold]
 
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</td><td> No
 
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</td><td>[http://live.gnome.org/Dia Dia]
 
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</td><td>Lots of add-ons for circuit shapes and logic for flowcharts
 
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</td></tr>
 
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</table>
 
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=Required Free/Open Source Software=
 
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This is a list of [[Free Software]] required for classes.
 
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{| border="1"
 
 
|-
 
|-
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! Course
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| [[w:Microsoft_Visual_C_Sharp|MS Visual C#]] + [[w:.NET Framework|.NET]]
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! Software
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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! License
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| ??
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! Package Name
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [[MonoDevelop]] + [[Mono]]
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|
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|-
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| [[VMware]] products
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| ...
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| Some
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| Virtualbox, QEMU
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| VMware's tools can generally be used to convert images between VMware and VirtualBox/QEMU formats.
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|-
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| [https://www.microsoft.com/project/ Microsoft Project]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| style="background: rgb(225, 172, 110)" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=18152 Bronze]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [http://live.gnome.org/Planner GNOME Planner]
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| Planner lacks resource levelling or constraints
 +
|-
 +
| [http://usa.autodesk.com/ Autodesk Products]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | Garbage
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| Buggy
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 +
|
 +
| Success in Wine depends on the Autodesk product used and revisions of all software involved.
 +
|-
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| [https://www.microsoft.com/visio/ Microsoft Visio]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 +
| style="background: gold" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=16692 Gold]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [http://live.gnome.org/Dia Dia]
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| Lots of add-ons for circuit shapes and logic for flowcharts
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|-
 +
| [https://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/en-us Microsoft Visual Studio]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| style="background: LightCoral" | [http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=892 Garbage]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [http://gcc.gnu.org/ gcc], [http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ eclipse-cdt]
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| 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.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[ECE 2500 Computer Organization]]
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| [https://www.microsoft.com/powerpoint/ Microsoft PowerPoint]
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| [[SPIM]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| BSD
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| ?
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| '''Gentoo''': [http://packages.gentoo.org/package/app-emulation/spim spim]  
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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'''Ubuntu''': [http://packages.ubuntu.com/karmic/spim spim]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| [[LibreOffice]] Impress, [[Beamer]]
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| Some instructors may require PPTX files, but some may also accept PDF; your mileage will very depending upon your instructor.
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I]]
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| [http://www.sibelius.com/products/scorch/index.html Sibelius Scorch]
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| [[MARS]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| MIT
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| ?
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| '''Arch Linux''': [http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=34565 mars-mips]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | No
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[CS 2505 Intro to Computer Organization I]]
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| [https://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html Adobe Flash Player]
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| rowspan="2" | [[gcc]]
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| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
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| rowspan="2" | GPLv3
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| ?
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| rowspan="2" | '''Arch Linux''': [http://www.archlinux.org/packages/core/x86_64/gcc/ gcc]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
 +
|
 +
|
 
|-
 
|-
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| [[CS 2506 Into to Computer Organization II]]
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| [https://www.respondus.com/products/lockdown-browser/ Respondus LockDown Browser]
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | Proprietary
 +
| style="background: LightCoral" | [https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=13078 No?]
 +
| 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
 +
|
 +
| 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>
 
|-
 
|-
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| [http://www.tech-tools.com/index.htm DigiView]
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| style="background: LightGreen" | Yes
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| style="background: LightCoral" | No
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| 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>
 
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== Course management software ==
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==== [http://www.blackboard.com/index.html Blackboard] - ??? - 2010 ====
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==== [https://scholar.vt.edu/portal Scholar] - 2010 - 2017 ====
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==== [https://canvas.vt.edu Canvas] - 2017 - Current ====
  
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* [[Computer requirement]]
 
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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

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