Software Function

Software Choices

Where to Obtain

Antivirus

Norton Antivirus

freely available on [ https://shareware.unc.edu/software.html#n ] ITS Shareware Site (must have Onyen to access site)

Database client connections

Oracle

SILS students can check out this software from the computer lab.

MS Access

available to SILS students via [ http://msdn04.e-academy.com/unc_lis ] MSDN site

Diagramming

Visio

SILS students who are currently taking a class can check out Visio from computer lab.

E-mail clients

Mulberry

freely available on [ https://shareware.unc.edu/software.html#m ] ITS Shareware Site

Outlook Express

freely available [ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp ] with Internet Explorer

Mozilla/Thunderbird

freely available from [ http://www.mozilla.org/ ] Mozilla

Mutt

freeware available at [ http://sourceforge.net/projects/mutt/ ] Source Forge

Pine

freeware available at the [ http://www.washington.edu/pine/ ] University of Washington

FTP client

WS_FTP

freely available on [ http://www.ils.unc.edu/downloads/ ] SILS Downloads

Graphics programs

Gimp

freeware available at [ http://www.gimp.org/ ] gimp.org

LView Pro

shareware. A free evaluation copy can be obtained at [ http://download.cnet.com/ ] CNET.com.

Adobe Photoshop

available from the [ http://www.unc.edu/cci/ ] Ram Shop and the [ http://oasis.unc.edu/citrix ] Citrix server

HTML editors

HTMLkit

freeware available at [ http://www.chami.com/html-kit/ ] Chami.com

FrontPage

available from the [ http://www.unc.edu/cci/ ] Ram Shop for Windows laptops

Dreamweaver

available from the [ http://www.unc.edu/cci/ ] Ram Shop and the [ http://oasis.unc.edu/citrix ] Citrix server

Multimedia viewers

Quicktime

freeware available at [ http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ ] Apple.com

RealPlayer

freeware available at [ http://www.real.com/ ] Real.com

Windows Media Player

freeware available at [ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/ ] Microsoft.com

Office programs

Microsoft Office 2003 Professional

pre-installed on CCI laptops. You can buy it for non-CCI laptops at the [ http://www.unc.edu/cci/ ] Ram Shop or use the [ http://oasis.unc.edu/citrix ] Citrix server

MS Project

available to SILS students via [ http://msdn04.e-academy.com/unc_lis ] MSDN site

StarOffice

available at [ http://wwws.sun.com/software/star/staroffice/ ] Sun.com

OpenOffice

free open source software available at [ http://www.openoffice.org/ ] openoffice.org

Operating system

Microsoft Windows XP

SILS students may check out software from the computer lab

PDF Viewer

Adobe Acrobat Reader

freeware available at [ http://www.adobe.com/support/downloads/main.html ] Adobe.com

Printing to SILS printers

Pharos Client

SILS students may check out software from the computer lab

Programming

Sun ONE Studio (formerly Forte)

available for purchase at [ http://wwws.sun.com/software/sundev/ ] Sun.com

Visual Studio

available to students currently enrolled in INLS 560 , to a maximum of 100

Ready software for Java

SILS students may check out Visual Studio from the computer lab

Secure shell client

SecureCRT

can be obtained at [ http://www.vandyke.com/download/index.html ] VanDyke.com . The key may be obtained by emailing a request to the SILS Lab Help Desk

Putty

freeware available at [ http://www.puttyssh.org/ ] puttyssh.org

Web browsers

Internet Explorer

freeware available at [ http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.asp ] Microsoft.com

Mozilla/Firefox

freeware available at [ http://www.mozilla.com/ ] Mozilla.com

Opera

freeware available at [ http://www.opera.com/download/ ] Opera.com

Web development

Dreamweaver MX, Flash MX, Fireworks MX

available on the [ http://oasis.unc.edu/citrix ] Citrix server

XWindows for Unix

Xwin Pro

freely available via [ https://shareware.unc.edu/software.html#x ] ITS Shareware site

Zip programs

Cutezip

shareware. A free evaluation copy is available at [ http://www.globalscape.com/download/cutezip.shtml ] Globalscape.com

Winzip

shareware. A free evaluation copy is available at [ http://www.winzip.com/ ] Winzip.com

Statistics

SPSS and SAS

available on the [ http://oasis.unc.edu/citrix ] Citrix server