DoC Computing Support Group


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Software

Microsoft Software

A wide range of Microsoft software is available for staff and students for reduced or zero cost under various schemes:

Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance (MSDNAA)

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.

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.)

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.

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.

Microsoft Campus Agreement

Some Microsoft products, e.g. Office, Visual Studio.NET, are available to staff from the central College computing services, ICT, under the 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 

Other

  • The central College computing services, ICT, also provide a range of proprietary software at educational rates from the ICT Software Shop.