Packages for Teaching machines next year ...
Dear All, Attached is the current list of software installed on the UG teaching machines. We were planning to upgrade python to a newer version (already installed on most of the machines but not on ones in the teaching area as we didn't want to change half way through the year). Is there anything else that we should include? Remember that the plan is to use these machines as a batch system for projects as well as their current use. Also remember that we have been adding a few TB of shared space for projects that require the processing of data. Thoughts are welcome. Best, david
I know the machines have Putty installed at the moment, but I don’t see it on the list. We should make sure that it continues to be installed. Guessing at what the Java version number means … I’d also note that Java 7 has been EOL’ed and will no longer receive security updates. We should install Java 8, I’d say. Jony -- Centre for Cold Matter, The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, London SW7 2BW T: +44 (0)207 5942986 http://www.imperial.ac.uk/people/jony.hudson http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ccm/research/edm http://gorilla-repl.org/ http://j-star.org/ --
On 6 Jun 2015, at 17:45, David Colling <d.colling@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
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Dear David, The software listed covers the needs for the course I run (Computational Physics - Year 3/4). I assume that items on this list will be retained for 2015/16. FYI, the software that is essential for Computational Physics is; - Python (interactive environment with plotting facility & NumPy + SciPy libraries) - Microsoft Visual C++ - Gnu Scientific Library - Matlab - LaTeX (provided by Miktex I assume?) —> For coursework reports - MS Word —> For coursework reports Small issue with Python in 2014/15 — About 90% of the students use Python & they rely on being able to generate plots directly from Python. I remember this year during the practical sessions (Nov & Dec) a couple of students complained that the Python distribution (or set up) had changed, that they had difficulty producing plots and that this set them back a week. A stable Python platform would thus be appreciated. Best Wishes, Robert
On 6 Jun 2015, at 17:45, David Colling <d.colling@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear All,
Attached is the current list of software installed on the UG teaching machines. We were planning to upgrade python to a newer version (already installed on most of the machines but not on ones in the teaching area as we didn't want to change half way through the year). Is there anything else that we should include? Remember that the plan is to use these machines as a batch system for projects as well as their current use. Also remember that we have been adding a few TB of shared space for projects that require the processing of data.
Thoughts are welcome.
Best, david <Physics Packages 2014.xlsx>_______________________________________________ Physics-Departmental-Computing mailing list Physics-Departmental-Computing@imperial.ac.uk https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/physics-departmental-computing
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Hi Robert, Thanks for the list. Yes it did change in the year on all but the teaching machines but everything was still available in the new release (although slightly less obviously) and so should have been fine. Best, david On 11/06/15 10:06, Robert Kingham wrote:
Dear David,
The software listed covers the needs for the course I run (Computational Physics - Year 3/4). I assume that items on this list will be retained for 2015/16.
FYI, the software that is essential for Computational Physics is;
- Python (interactive environment with plotting facility & NumPy + SciPy libraries) - Microsoft Visual C++ - Gnu Scientific Library - Matlab - LaTeX (provided by Miktex I assume?) —> For coursework reports - MS Word —> For coursework reports
Small issue with Python in 2014/15 — About 90% of the students use Python & they rely on being able to generate plots directly from Python. I remember this year during the practical sessions (Nov & Dec) a couple of students complained that the Python distribution (or set up) had changed, that they had difficulty producing plots and that this set them back a week. A stable Python platform would thus be appreciated.
Best Wishes,
Robert
On 6 Jun 2015, at 17:45, David Colling <d.colling@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
Dear All,
Attached is the current list of software installed on the UG teaching machines. We were planning to upgrade python to a newer version (already installed on most of the machines but not on ones in the teaching area as we didn't want to change half way through the year). Is there anything else that we should include? Remember that the plan is to use these machines as a batch system for projects as well as their current use. Also remember that we have been adding a few TB of shared space for projects that require the processing of data.
Thoughts are welcome.
Best, david <Physics Packages 2014.xlsx>_______________________________________________ Physics-Departmental-Computing mailing list Physics-Departmental-Computing@imperial.ac.uk https://mailman.ic.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/physics-departmental-computing
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