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.

At the weekly reboot of vmhost ‘oscar’, it did not boot properly. The listed virtual machines are not running at the moment. We are working on it. Update: most probably, the problems where caused by full snapshots. After removal of the snapshots, the system booted properly.

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....

RU digital assessment and Chromebooks In order to facilitate large scale digital assessment, the university purchased ca. 1000 Chromebooks. For these, Cirrus Assessment was chosen as user friendly assessment software. In the future, the faculty digital assessment software (TAO, see below) will only be necessary for assessments that Cirrus can’t handle. Also the wireless network in the Gymnasion/RSC was upgraded to give this large number of Chromebooks a good wireless network connection....

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.

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.

The most recent version of the TeX Collection, 2019, is available for MS-Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It can be found on the Install network share.