A new version (2022b SR1) 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 within FNWI can request installation and license info from C&CZ, also for standalone use. Installation on C&CZ managed PCs is being planned. In case of questions contact C&CZ.
The C&CZ yearly day out is scheduled for Thursday afternoon September 20. C&CZ can be reached in case of serious disruptions of services.
The Internal Affairs department manages a contract with an external specialized company for the secure destruction/shredding of data carriers. The secure metal container that is used as a temporary cache, can be found at C&CZ as of the new academic year. Employees and students of the Faculty of Science can put data carriers with sensitive data in the container themselves at C&CZ. The C&CZ helpdesk can help recognizing and removing data carriers from desktops, laptops etc....
Because there was too much noise in the new rooms, C&CZ will temporarily move back to the third floor of the Huygens building. We expect that the final move to the ground floor will be in December 2022.
A new version of Mathematica (13.1.0) has been installed on all C&CZ managed Linux systems, older versions can still be found in /vol/mathematica. The installation files for Windows, Linux and macOS can be found on the Install-disk, also for older versions of Mathematica. Installation and license info can be requested from C&CZ.
There are three major types of web sites in use at the Faculty of Science: LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP/Perl/Python) and MediaWiki based general purpose web servers (possibly offering some high level content management system). These sites are hosted, managed and supported by C&CZ. All content management tasks are performed by the respective web site owners: institutes and scientific departments, student organisations, service departments, etc. Please contact C&CZ for more information about WWW_Services....
As a test of the new version of Ubuntu, 22.04 LTS, we have installed a new login server lilo8.science.ru.nl. In a few months it will replace the four year old login server lilo6. The name lilo, that always points to the newest/fastest login server, will then be moved from the two year old lilo7 to the new lilo8. The new lilo8 is a Dell PowerEdge R6515 with 1 AMD 7502P 2....
To make room for the expansion of IMM departments, C&CZ will move June 22 to the ground floor of the Huygens building. The C&CZ helpdesk will still be directly accessible on the main street with an entrance at HG00.051.
The latest version of Maple, Maple2022, for Windows/macOS/Linux can be found on the Install network share and has been installed on C&CZ managed Linux computers. License codes can be requested from C&CZ helpdesk or postmaster.
A new version of Mathematica (13.0.1) has been installed on all C&CZ managed Linux systems, older versions can still be found in /vol/mathematica. The installation files for Windows, Linux and macOS can be found on the Install-disk, also for older versions of Mathematica. Installation and license info can be requested from C&CZ.