The CAT Front Desk will be closed – December 24th
We are giving our front line crew a chance to enjoy Christmas eve. We will be open again on Thursday, December 26th.
ArcGIS ArcMAP/Desktop has been deprecated at PSU – use ArcGIS Pro instead
This probably comes as no surprise to most ArcGIS users in MCECS. The old ArcGIS Desktop (often run as ArcMAP) that has run on various systems in MCECS has long been announced as end-of-life soon. We’ve noticed that the old license server (run by OIT in conjunction with the Geography dept) has been down intermittently [...]
Change to the default VNC/xRDP desktop
[This only affects people using VNC or xRDP to access our Ubuntu Linux systems.] We have switched back to the MATE desktop as the default when you remotely access our Ubuntu Linux systems via VNC or xRDP. The desktop is the graphical user interface you interact with when you initiate a graphical session on a [...]
CS Penguin Lab (FAB 88-10) shutdown starting 12/10/2024
During Finals week, starting on Tuesday, December 10th, the CS Penguin Lab (FAB 88-10) will be going offline as we remove everything in there to facilitate furniture replacements. CS students needing to use Linux machines can use the adjacent Particle Lab (FAB 88-09). There are no lab reservations in either of these spaces for Finals [...]