Dropbox in MCECS - Usage, Security and Privacy concerns Dropbox, an online file repository/backup service, has been gaining in popularity. Its ease of setup and use for personal systems has resulted in rapid adoption among people trying to sync and transfer data between home desktops, laptops and other mobile devices. We are seeing [...]
TeX TeX is a typesetting system created by Donald Knuth which finds a surprisingly high use ratio in the mathematics, science and engineering communities. We have TeX available on our UNIX, Linux and even our Windows environment. TeX has an active user group, TUG, which is headquartered in Portland. Visit their website at: [...]
Adobe Acrobat Where is Adobe Acrobat Pro available on Windows computers? EB 325 (EB General Lab): CAD07, CAD13, CAD34, CAD40, CAD41 FAB 55-17 (FAB General Lab): FAB06, FAB12, FAB13, FAB20 The current version in use is Adobe Acrobat Pro DC 2020 Simple help on creating Adobe PDF documents [...]
Adobe Creative Cloud is available on these Windows Lab computers FAB 55-17 (Intel Lab): FAB00 EB 325 (CAD Lab): CAD41 These computers also have flat bed scanners attached to them. Creative Cloud apps installed on these computers Adobe Acrobat DC Adobe Dreamweaver Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Adobe Photoshop Adobe Premiere You need an Adobe ID [...]
Software in Linux Labs Introduction Based on departmental requests, the CAT installs a large number of software packages on supported Linux systems. The software list below also indicates which environments the software is installed in. You will need to have some knowledge of how to operate in a Linux environment - particularly [...]
Software in Windows Labs Introduction Based on departmental requests, the CAT installs a large number of software packages on supported Windows desktops. NOTE: This software list primarily applies to Windows systems in the EB 325 and FAB 55-17 MCECS computer labs. However, there are other packages available in department-specific labs. Most of the the [...]
Requests for software installation must be received at least 7 business days before the first anticipated need for the software. Be sure to allow yourself enough time to verify the installation is correct. Faculty are the recognized experts as to what software their students need for coursework. We rely on faculty to notify us if [...]