The brand new macOS Catalina is now available. It is **not** a good idea to upgrade with the first group of users, this will give problems. Up till now, we received reports about Adobe software not working, F-Secure Client Security not working, MestreNova not working, EndNote needing an upgrade to 9.3.1 or higher, Science VPNsec only working after reinstalling VPN. For more information what could go wrong, see Hold Off Catalina and Wait on Catalina....

The latest version of Matlab, R2019b, is available for departments that have licenses. The software and license codes can be obtained through a mail to postmaster for those entitled to it. The software can also be found on the install-disc. All C&CZ-managed Linux machines will soon have this version installed, an older version (/opt/matlab-R2019a/bin/matlab) is still available temporarily. The C&CZ-managed Windows machines will not receive a new version during the semester to prevent problems with version dependencies in current lectures....

Update 5 of the Intel Parallel Studio XE Cluster Edition for Linux 2019 has been installed in /vol/opt/intelcompilers and is available on a.o. clusternodes en loginservers. The older (2019u4, 2019 and 2014) versions can also be found there. To set the environment variables correctly, BASH-users must first run: source /vol/opt/intelcompilers/intel-2019u5/composerxe/bin/compilervars.sh intel64 After that, icc -V gives the new version number as output. For more info see the page on Intel compilers

As was announced earlier, the linux login (ssh) servers (lilo5.science.ru.nl and lilo6.science.ru.nl) have swapped their nicknames, which makes Ubuntu 18.04 the standard instead of Ubuntu 16.04. The name lilo.science.ru.nl now refers to lilo6.science.ru.nl and stitch.science.ru.nl now refers to lilo5.science.ru.nl. If you get complaints about changed finger-prints, you know why. See also the page about servers.

A new version (2019b, 9.65) of OriginLabPro, software for scientific graphing and data analysis, can be found on the Install-disk. See the website of OriginLab for all info on the new version.The license server supports this new version. Departments that take part in the license can request installation and license info from C&CZ, also for standalone use. Installation on C&CZ managed PCs still is being planned. Departments that want to start using OriginLab should contact C&CZ....

The European tender for storage and servers has been won by supplier SLTN, the contract starts Sep. 1, 2019. The last years servers were purchased through Centralpoint (Scholten Awater).

A new version of LimeSurvey has been installed, along with some new and modern templates. More information about LimeSurvey…

The C&CZ yearly day out is scheduled for Tuesday August 20. C&CZ can be reached in case of serious disruptions of services.

To make it easier to install NI LabVIEW for departments that participate in the license, the newly arrived “Spring 2019” version has been copied to the Install network share. Install media can also be borrowed. License codes can be obtained from C&CZ helpdesk or postmaster.

Microsoft ends the support of Windows 7 early 2020. Therefore we urge everyone to upgrade all pc’s with Windows 7 to Windows 10 or another supported operating system or to replace these pcs. For C&CZ managed pcs please contact the C&CZ helpdesk for an upgrade to Windows 10 or Ubuntu 18.04. For other pcs, they can also offer assistance.