DoC Computing Support Group


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A wide range of Microsoft software is available for staff and students for reduced or zero cost under various schemes: A wide range of Microsoft software is available for staff and students for reduced or zero cost under various schemes. Please see the [[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/store/software/|ICT Software Shop]] for further details.
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=== Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA) === == SICStus ==
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Under this scheme, staff and students can obtain free copies of a range of Microsoft software for research and educational purposes, including ''Microsoft Windows''. Microsoft use an online mechanism called ELMS to allow for automated self-service of this facility. SICStus Prolog can be downloaded from [[https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/csg-old/software/sicstus|here]] (authentication required).
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CSG have pre-created accounts for all staff and students, and email copies of your ELMS login information to your College accounts. (If you did not receive details by email, or have lost or forgotten the details, please contact CSG for assistance.) Older versions are also in:
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You can access the DoC ELMS software download page at http://www-elms.doc.ic.ac.uk/ both from within DoC and from home; all you need are your ELMS username and password. Note that the ELMS software delivery method requires that you download software using a specialized download client that runs on ''Microsoft Windows'' machines only. /vol/csg/download/software/sicstus/ under Linux
\\fs-vol\csg\download\software\sicstus under Windows
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Your ELMS username and password should be considered private; any licence keys issued under your username will be accounted to you. Do not lend your ELMS account credentials to anyone else.     * please note the terms of the [[http://www.sics.se/sicstus/license4-academic.html|SICStus Prolog student licence agreement]].
    * [[https://sicstus.sics.se/|General SICStus web page]].
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=== Microsoft Campus Agreement ===
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Some Microsoft products, e.g. ''Office'', ''Visual Studio.NET'', are available to staff from the central College computing services, ICT, under the [[http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/ict/services/software/softwareshop/pricelists/academic/microsoftcampusagreement/|Microsoft Campus Agreement]]. To get a CD from them to install it at home, you will need to have downloaded the software onto a desktop machine first.

== Linux Distributions ==

CD and DVD images of various are cached locally in:

{{{
/vol/linux/ubuntu
/vol/linux/mandrake
/vol/linux/suse
/vol/linux/redhat
}}}

Look for prebuilt ISO images of whichever distribution you want, eg. for Ubuntu 7.04 on an x86 architecture, take:

{{{
/vol/linux/ubuntu/7.04/x86/iso/ubuntu-7.04-dvd-i386.iso
}}}
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 * Kenya: can be downloaded from [[http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/kenya/|www/kenya/]] which also has a user guide.
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  * The central College computing services, ICT, also provide a range of proprietary software at educational rates from the [[http://www.ict.ic.ac.uk/|ICT Software Shop]].  * Concurrency: [[https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~jnm/book/]].

* The central College computing services, ICT, also provide a range of proprietary software at educational rates from the [[http://www.imperial.ac.uk/admin-services/ict/store/software|ICT Software Shop]].

Software

As well as providing hardware and network services, CSG also provide mechanisms for staff and students to acquire useful software and reduced rates.

Microsoft Software

A wide range of Microsoft software is available for staff and students for reduced or zero cost under various schemes. Please see the ICT Software Shop for further details.

SICStus

SICStus Prolog can be downloaded from here (authentication required).

Older versions are also in:

/vol/csg/download/software/sicstus/ under Linux \\fs-vol\csg\download\software\sicstus under Windows

Other

 
 

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