The new Konica Minolta MFPs that offer the RU-wide FollowMe printqueue, can also be used with the Science account. This only works if the U/S number is known at C&CZ, which can be controlled on the Do-It-Yourself website. On C&CZ managed Windows PCs one can then print to the queue “FollowMeScience”, that translates the Science-account to the U/S number and forwards the job to the FollowMe queue. On C&CZ managed Linux hosts, this queue is called “FollowMe”....

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 16.04/18.04. For other pcs, they can also offer assistance.

To make it easier to install NI LabVIEW for departments that participate in the license, the newly arrived “Fall 2018” 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.

Konica Minolta won the European tender for multifunctionals (MFPs) again. All MFPs, associated software and the payment system will be replaced in March 2019. Every new MFP has a card reader. The campus card or another chip card, e.g. the OV chip card, can be linked to the RU account (U-, S- or E-number). Logging in on the MFP can then be done without a pin code with the linked card....

Recently, eLabFTW has been made available for departments in FNWI. This is a free, secure, modern and compliant open source electronic lab notebook and database, with which different teams (research groups) can efficiently track their experiments, but also manage their lab with a powerful and flexible database. Employees of departments that already use eLabFTW (within and around Molecular Biology) can register themselves at eLabFTW, new departments must first contact Postmaster in order to make a new team....

The support for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ends on April 25th, 2019. Therefore we will turn off lilo4 with this version of Ubuntu on May 1st, 2019. The default login server (lilo.science.ru.nl) will be redirected to lilo6 with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS after the summer break. The current default loginserver lilo5.science.ru.nl with Ubuntu 16.04 LTS will remains available until support for this version ends in 2021. The signatures of the C&CZ loginservers can be checked....

During the summer break all computer labs will be (re)installed with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Since months ago, one can test course software using the Ubuntu 18.04 loginserver lilo6. All PC’s in HG00.075 and HG00.761 will be replaced by new ones, (All-in-One, dual boot with Windows10 and Ubuntu 18.04 Linux). After this replacement, al PC’s in the computer labs have fast SSD disks. If you are using Linux PC’s in computer labs as well as a C&CZ managed Linux PC in your office, we advise you to consider upgrading your office PC to Ubuntu 18....

Monday evening February 25 between 23:00-03:00 hours, there will be maintenance on the wireless network of the RU. Eduroam will be temporarily unavailable. Please think which processes depend on wireless connectivity and prepare for this outage if necessary.

Tuesday morning February 12, there will be maintenance on the internet links between RU and SURFnet. Outage of the internet connection is not likely, however cannot be excluded completely. Please think which processes depend on connectivity and prepare for this possible outage if necessary.

From now on, it is possible to login to a PC in the computer labs, the library and study landscape when another user has locked the PC. The hope is that this contributes somewhat to reducing the shortage of workplaces. When these PCs were running Windows7, after 15 minutes of inactivity the logged-in user could be logged out without restarting the PC, but this software no longer works with Windows10. To login as another user, click on “Switch User” in the the bottom left corner of the lock screen....