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Athena is MIT's UNIX-based campus-wide academic computing facility. The Athena system provides computing resources to over 14,000 users across the MIT campus. Athena users have access to software to help them write papers, create graphs, analyze data, communicate with their colleagues, play games, and perform countless other tasks, as well as software designed specifically for class work.

Getting Started on Athena

• Getting Started on Athena
  •  How to Activate an Athena Account
  • Athena Rules of Use (including MITnet)
  • Web Certificates at MIT
  • Locations of Athena Clusters/Printers
• Working on Athena
  • Getting Started with Athena
  •  Working with the Command Line
  •  AFS on Athena
  • Residential Networking at MIT - Using Athena from a Dorm, Living Group or Off Campus
  •  Working with Configuration Files (Dotfiles)
  • Athena Minicourses
• Release Notes 

Application Software on Athena

• Available Athena Software ("What Runs Where")
• Communicating with Other Users
  
  •  Zephyr on Athena - instant messaging
  • Jabber Instant Messaging Service
  • Discuss Web Gateway - electronic conferencing
• Document Preparation Software
  
  •  LaTeX on Athena - text formatter system
  • Open Office - office suite
• Spreadsheets
  • Xess - spreadsheet
• Numerical and Math Software
  • Waterloo Maple - symbolic calculation software
  • Matlab - matrix manipulation software
  • SAS - statistical software
  • Splus - statistical software
  • Tecplot - plotting software

Other Resources

•  Athena Stock Answers - FAQ
• Ask Athena Consulting (OLC) a Question
• SIPB (Student Information Processing Board) Documentation
• Private Athena Workstations:
  • Options for Purchasing an Athena System
  •  Debathena Private Workstation Owner's Guide