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What Runs Where on Athena - Full Table of Applications


Athena Help LOCKER COMMENT
apropos   finds man pages containing key words
athinfo   supplies info about workstation
info   information browser for gnu software
locate   finds files by matching path components
man, xman   standard UNIX man page viewer
sendbug   bug reporting utility
stanley   supplies, updates information about a username
stella   supplies, updates information about a workstation
tellme   tells public workstation root passwd, Athena cluster combo
whichlocker outland tells which locker a program is in
yelp   Gnome help browser- misc applications, system man and info pages
Database LOCKER COMMENT
LibreOffice Database   database component of LibreOffice office suite
mysql mysql mysql SQL client and server
psql (PostgreSQL)   PostgresQL database client
sqlplus (Oracle) oracle10g Oracle database SQL client
MIT Information LOCKER COMMENT
Course Descriptions & Schedules   runs on Web
cview, xcluster   displays current Athena cluster usage
Humanities Enrollment Tools   Enrollment Tools on Web
Freshman Housing Lottery   lottery page on Web
Phys. Ed. Lottery   lottery page on Web
SIS   course information, grades, registration on Web
MIT Library Reference LOCKER COMMENT
Ask Us!   library consultants on Web
Cn3D, entrez   molecular image viewer, biomolecular databases
Research Guides   library information for finding online bibliographic resources
Reference Materials LOCKER COMMENT
Artha   simple thesaurus based on Wordnet
dict   command-line dictionary using various online databases
gnome-dictionary   simple network-based GUI dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary   runs on Web
rolodex sipb database of common local phone numbers
Shakespeare   on Web, here
webster, xwebster (dictionary) sipb Web version
whats sipb acronym expander (both MIT and general acronyms)
Wordnet   Encyclopedia and thesaurus-like utility
Internet Exploration LOCKER COMMENT
chromium-browser   Google's Web browser
firefox   default Athena Web browser
konqueror   Web browser based on KDE desktop environment
liferea   RSS reader
lynx   text-only Web browser
opera   Web browser
scripts scripts Web hosting service allowing automatic configuration for many popular Web-based services (MediaWiki, WordPress, Joomla...)
weblint   checks html pages for correct syntax
w3m   terminal-based Web browser



Screen Accessories

Window Managers LOCKER COMMENT
metacity   debathena default window manager (if previously deselected, select Athena Default Session from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
mwm   window manager adhering to the Motif look-and-feel (select Motif Window Manager from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
twm   simple, basic window manager (select TWM from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
Window maker   window manager designed to provide integration with the GNUstep Desktop Environment; Web page (select Window maker from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
XMonad   dynamically tiling window manager written in Haskell; Web page (select XMonad from the Session: dropdown list on the login screen)
Utilities LOCKER COMMENT
Eterm   customizable color vt102 terminal emulator
gnome-calculator   calculator
gnome-control-center   allows setting various desktop preferences
gnome-terminal   enhanced terminal window
ical tcl calendar
less   bi-directional text pager
more   text pager
nautilus   file manager and desktop environment
pscal postscript hardcopy calendar
remmina   remote desktop client for GNOME environment supporting a variety of protocols
rxvt   "slimmed down" terminal emulator
screen   screen manager that multiplexes a terminal between processes
vinagre   remote desktop viewing application
xcal   calendar
xcalc   calculator
xclock   clock
xfontsel   displays samples and information about available fonts
xload   load gauge
xlock   screen saver, locks display
xtc calendar Athena calendar
xterm   creates new, empty terminal window


Communication

Electronic Mail LOCKER COMMENT
alpine/pine   text mail client; alpine is the successor to pine
evolution   standard Athena GUI mail client; user guide
mutt   mail program; author Web pages
Outlook Web App   Web-based Exchange mail system
thunderbird   mail client and newsgroup reader based on Mozilla engine
tnef   allows decoding attachments in MS winmail format files
Conferencing/
NetNews
LOCKER COMMENT
discuss   standard Athena message board system
Google Groups   on the Web
pan   lightweight news reader
thunderbird   mail client and newsgroup reader based on Mozilla engine
Dialup/
File Transfer
LOCKER COMMENT
kermit   serial data transfer program
Mosh   secure remote login terminal application
openconnect   Virtual Private Network (VPN) application
shellinabox   remote login application; access via Web
ssh   secure remote login, file transfer program; OpenSSH Web page; local Web page, ssh on Athena dialups
uuencode, uudecode   program to transfer files via Email
x3270   IBM 3270 terminal emulator
Real-Time
Communication
LOCKER COMMENT
pidgin   multi-protocol instant message client;information
Zephyr   standard Athena instant messaging system; local online docs


Text Software

Text/HTML LOCKER COMMENT
AbiWord   word processor
dvips   utility that converts dvi files to PostScript
Emacs   standard UNIX text editor; local online docs
enscript   utility that prints text files on PostScript printers
gedit   lightweight text editor
html2ps   utility that converts html to PostScript; author Website
ispell   spelling checker
jedit   text editor with many syntax highlighting modes and built-in scripting language
latex, tex   standard UNIX text formatting system; local online docs
latex2html   utility that converts latex files to html; online docs
LibreOffice html Editor   html editor component of LibreOffice office suite
LibreOffice Word Processor   word processor component of LibreOffice office suite
LyX   structured document authoring application
mswordview (wvWare)   utility that converts MS Word docs to html, other formats; author Website
nedit   text editor
pdftex, pdflatex   utility that converts tex and latex files to pdf
pico   simple text editor
ps2pdf   utility that converts PostScript files to pdf
TeXmacs texmacs "scientific" word processor, allowing embedded math formulas; author site
Texmaker texmaker LaTeX editor that integrates many tools needed to develop documents with LaTeX
troff   text formatting application
TtH (Tex to html)   utility that converts latex math equations to html
vi   standard UNIX modal text editor
vim, nvi vim_v8.0 vi editor variants
Visual Math Editor   editor for math/scientific formulas that supports LaTeX, AsciiMath and MathML in HTML web pages
Visual Studio Code vscode source code editor with built-in support for various languages; many plugins are available
xcoral editors text editor
XEmacs   GUI emacs variant
Text Previewers LOCKER COMMENT
Acrobat Reader   pdf file viewer by Adobe
evince   pdf file viewer
Ghostscript (gs)   PostScript file viewer
gv   Ghostscript front end
xchm   chm (compiled html help) file viewer
xdvi   dvi file viewer
xpdf   pdf file viewer


Graphics Software

Graphics (drawing) LOCKER COMMENT
bitmap   bitmap file editor
convert (ImageMagick)   utility to convert to/from various image formats
dia   drawing program for creating diagrams; author Website, with documentation
DjVu Libre utilities   toolset for manipulating DjVu image files; author Web pages
ds9 ds9 astronomical image analysis application supporting FITS image format
eagle eaglecad circuit board design application; provider site, MIT distributor
eog   image file viewer
FreeSurfer freesurfer software suite for processing and analyzing human brain MRI images
FreeWRL   VRML2/VRML97/X3D file viewer
FSL fsl library of analysis tools for FMRI, MRI and DTI brain imaging data
FWTools (openev) fwtools utilities for viewing and manipulating GIS image data; supports multiple formats including jpeg2000
geomview   3d image viewer; author Web pages
gerbv   Gerber circuit board design file viewer
gimp   image manipulation application; author Web page
GLE   language for generating 2d graphics
GLUT   toolkit for building OpenGL graphics applications
GNU plot utilities   utility for plotting graphs in various image formats
Graphviz, xdot   layout programs and viewer for graph visualization
inkscape   GUI editor for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) drawing files
ipe   extensible drawing editor that interfaces to LaTeX
ivview   VRML1/Inventor file viewer
LibreOffice Drawing   drawing component of LibreOffice office suite
LibreOffice Presentation Graphics   presentation graphics component of LibreOffice office suite
Magicpoint   utility for presenting slide shows
NetPBM Utilities   utility to convert to/from various graphic formats
OpenGL   3d graphics libraries
Open Inventor   3d image generation system; local Web page
orbisnap orbisnap VRML2/VRML97 file viewer
POV-Ray povray ray-tracing image renderer
pstoedit   utility to convert PostScript files to editable formats
rayshade rayshade ray-tracing image renderer
Scribus   page layout application
Seismic Unix cwpsu command-line utilities for analysis and visualization of seismic data
Slicer slicer package for biological and medical image visualization and analysis
SPM spm MATLAB-based utilities for analysis of brain imaging data sequences
tgif   structured drawing program
TrackVis trackvis software tool that can visualize and analyze fiber track data from diffusion MR imaging
trimage   lossless image file compressor and metadata remover
xcircuit   drawing program for circuit diagrams; Author Website
xfig   drawing program
xpaint   drawing program
xv graphics image file viewer; online manual
xwd, xwud   utility that saves window images to files
Graphics (CAD) LOCKER COMMENT
ac3d ac3d 3d image modeler
blender   3d modeling, animation, rendering, post-production and playback application
FreeCAD   parametric 3d CAD modeler
LibreCAD   2d CAD application
Graphics (video) LOCKER COMMENT
mplayer   video media file player that can handle multiple formats
totem   GNOME video media player based on GStreamer
vlc   video media file player that can handle multiple formats
xine   video media file player that can handle multiple formats


Audio Software

  LOCKER COMMENT
gnome-mplayer   media player
gnome sound applet   utility that controls audio settings
gxmms2   xmms2-based media player with playlists
mpg123   mp3 player
play (sox)   utility that plays various audio formats
RealPlayer   RealAudio/Video player
rhythmbox   audio player


Numerical/Math Software

Analysis/Plotting Software LOCKER COMMENT
Axiom axiom-math symbolic math system
CoCoA cocoa specialized computer algebra system
dc   desk calculator
euler   interactive numerical analysis language with notebooks, graphics capabilities
Fermat fermat specialized computer algebra system
Fiji imj-fiji multifeatured image analysis tool for life sciences
fityk   fits curves to experimental data points
Gephi gephi interactive graph visualization and exploration application
gnuplot   data plotting utility; FAQ
Grace   2d numerical plotting; Web page, user's guide
maple, mint maple symbolic math system; local Web page
Mathematica math symbolic math system
matlab, simulink matlab digital signal processing & data analysis system; local Web page, online docs for latest release, FAQ
maxima   freely distributable symbolic algebra system; documentation
nickle   desk calculator, prototyper for numerical algorithms
octave   digital signal processing & data analysis system
ParaView   3d data analysis and visualization
PARI/GP   computer algebra system designed for fast computations in number theory
R r statistical analysis and graphics system
Reduce reduce symbolic math system with many add-on packages
ROOT root software framework for data analysis
SAGE   pure and applied mathematics system incorporating notebooks and interfaces to other mathematics applications
sas sas statistical analysis system; local Web page
scilab   scientific software for numeric computation, digital signal processing & data analysis
singular   computer algebra system for polynomial computations
splus splus statistical analysis system; local Web page
stata stata statistical analysis system
tecplot tecplot sophisticated data plotting system; local Web page
Spreadsheets LOCKER COMMENT
gnumeric   GNU spreadsheet
LibreOffice Spreadsheet   spreadsheet component of LibreOffice office suite
sc   simple spreadsheet
xess xess sophisticated, programmable spreadsheet; local Web page


Languages/Debuggers

C LOCKER COMMENT
cc sunsoft_v12.6 Oracle C compiler
gcc gcc-6plus gnu C compiler; gcc Web page
lint sunsoft_v12.6 Oracle C code checker
C++ LOCKER COMMENT
CC sunsoft_v12.6 Oracle C++ compiler
g++ gcc-6plus gnu C++ compiler; gcc Web page
FORTRAN LOCKER COMMENT
f77 sunsoft_v12.6 Oracle FORTRAN 77 compiler
f90/f95 sunsoft_v12.6 Oracle FORTRAN 90/95 compiler
gfortran gcc-6plus gnu FORTRAN 77/90 compiler
g95 g95 FORTRAN 95 compiler, supports some FORTRAN 2003 and FORTRAN 2008 features
ftnchek   lint-like utility for checking FORTRAN code
Other Languages LOCKER COMMENT
mlisp (Allegro Common Lisp) acl Common Lisp compiler/interpreter
AMPL ampl modeling language for mathematical programming ; limited availability (see detail description)
awk   pattern scanning language interpreter
Ceylon ceylon Open Source language from Red Hat targeted for JavaScript and Java virtual machines
clisp   Common Lisp compiler/interpreter
Clojure   LISP-like dynamic programming language based on Java
cobra mono Cobra language compiler, running within Mono environment
Dart dart-lang Open Source language from Google intended for structured Web application design
Egison egison functional programming language that emphasizes non-linear pattern matching
EiffelStudio eiffel IDE and command-line compiler for Eiffel programming language
Erlang   compiler and runtime for Erlang functional programming language
Fabric fabric federated, distributed language for securely and reliably storing, sharing and computing information
Fantom fantom programming language that runs on the JRE and JavaScript, supporting functional programming and concurrency
Frege frege-lang non-strict, pure functional programming language in the spirit of Haskell, compiled to Java and run in a JVM
fsharpc (F# compiler, mono) mono F# compiler, running within Mono environment
Gambas   IDE for Visual Basic-like language
gcj gcc-6plus gnu Java compiler
gdc (D language compiler)   D language native compiler, based on gcc
GDL (IDL clone)   interpreter, incremental compiler for GNU Data Language
ghc (Glasgow Haskell Compiler)   compiler, interpreter for Haskell functional programming language
GNAT gcc-6plus GNU Ada compiler
Go ggo, gcc-6plus compilers for Go system programming language
gprolog   interpreter, compiler for Prolog programming language
HACK hacklang language similar to php for web programming; supports static and dynamic typing
Haxe haxe language and compiler that can produce applications and source code for multiple platforms
Hugs 98 (Haskell)   interactive programming environment for Haskell 98 programming language
J j mathematical programming language related to APL with full graphics capabilities
Java Development Kit java Java programming language tool suite; local Web page
Julia julia high-level dynamic programming language for technical computation
jython   python interpreter that allows direct access to Java classes
Kotlin kotlin statically typed programming language that compiles to JVM bytecodes and JavaScript
logo   interactive, graphics based language interpreter
lua   extensible, general- purpose scripting language designed for speed and ease of use
mcs (C# compiler, mono) mono C# compiler, part of Mono computing environment
nasm   80x86 assembler, supports range of object formats and macros
newLISP newlisp extensible, embeddable lisp-like scripting language
Nim nim-lang systems programming language with extensive metaprogramming support, generics and exceptions tracking built in
OCaml   compiler, interpreter for Caml functional programming language
Perl   multi-purpose scripting language interpreter; online docs
Picat picat logic-based, multi-paradigm programming language for general-purpose applications
Processing processing Java-based language for programming images, animation and interactions
python   general purpose scripting language interpreter; also NumPy numeric package
racket racket Scheme interpreter, development environment
ruby   object-oriented scripting language interpreter
rust rust-lang block-structured expression language oriented towards creating and maintaining boundaries
scala   object-oriented, functional language that interoperates with Java and .NET
scheme scheme MIT Scheme language interpreter
SCM   Scheme interpreter and library
Sikuli   visual scripting language that allows automated generation and testing of graphical user interfaces
sml   compiler and development environment for ML functional programming language
SWI Prolog   Prolog language compiler, development environment
yorick   interpreted scientific language with graphics support
Debuggers/Development Environments LOCKER COMMENT
ant   Java build tool, conceptually similar to "make"
antlr, antlrworks antlr language tool and IDE for developing recognizers, interpreters and compilers for languages specified in grammatical description files
CMake   cross-platform build system generator
[Cscope\|istdraft:What Runs Where on Athena - Languages/#Cscope|] cscope developer's tool for browsing source code
dbx sunsoft_v12.6 Oracle debugger for a variety of languages
Eclipse eclipse-sdk open, extensible IDE with Java implementation
gdb   gnu debugger
IntelliJ IDEA kotlin Java development environment with support for Kotlin programming language
JBuilder Personal Edition jbuilder Borland Java development environment
NetBeans netbeans Oracle integrated development environment
Oracle Developer Studio sunsoft_v12.6 Oracle Integrated development environment
TotalView totalview C, C++ and Fortran debugger for multiprocessor and multithreaded systems
valgrind   profiler, Linux/i386 dynamic memory allocation debugger


Programming Libraries

Graphics Libraries LOCKER COMMENT
OpenDX   3d data visualization system
Visualization Toolkit   graphics library toolkit for 3d image visualization; author Web page
Math Libraries LOCKER COMMENT
GNU Scientific Library   numerical analysis library; online docs
IT++   mathematical and digital signal processing library; online docs
LAPACK   numeric linear algebra libraries
Netlib   archive containing Lapack, other code; runs on Web
Numerical Recipes recipes numerical analysis library; online books
User Interfaces/Widgets LOCKER COMMENT
boost C++ libraries   multipurpose additions to the C++ Standard Library
FLTK   cross-platform C++ GUI builder and widget toolkit
guile   version of the Scheme programming language that can be used as an embedded scripting language
Motif   dynamic and static libraries of 2d X Windows graphics "widgets"
Qt   C++ based GUI builder and "widget" set
Tcl, Tk   programming environment for creating GUI interfaces
Xaw, Xt, Xlib   dynamic and static libraries of 2d X Windows graphics "widget" components


Simulation & Modeling

Bioinformatics LOCKER COMMENT
AFNI seven viewing & analysis of functional MRI brain images
Biopython seven gene sequence processing and analysis tools
BLAST   application for finding regions of local similarity between molecular sequences
CLC Sequence Viewer clcbio tool suite for bioinformatics analysis
clustalw   general purpose multiple sequence alignment program for DNA or proteins
COPASI copasi application for simulation and analysis of biochemical networks and their dynamics
Cytoscape cytoscape application for visualizing molecular interaction networks and biological pathways
emboss   collection of tools for molecular analysis of genomic data
Geneious geneious integrated bioinformatics tool suite for manipulating, finding and exploring biological data
GENSCAN seven tool for predicting locations and exon-intron structures of genes
hmmer   set of tools that profile hidden Markov models for protein sequence analysis
Integrative Genomics Viewer igv visualization tool for interactive exploration of large integrated genomic datasets
meme/mast meme meme: tool for discovering motifs in a group of related DNA or protein sequences. mast: tool for searching biological databases for known motifs
NEURON neuron simulator of neurons and networks of neurons; Web page
Osprey osprey tool for visualization of biological interaction networks
phylip   collection of tools for inferring phylogenies
primer3   program for designing Polymerase Chain Reaction primers
SnapGene snapgene program for planning, visualizing and documenting molecular biology procedures
UGENE ugene bioinformatics application that integrates multiple biological tools and algorithms. These can be arranged in a workflow scheme using UGENE Workflow Designer
Finite Element Analysis LOCKER COMMENT
Abaqus abaqus software suite for finite element analysis and computer-aided engineering
CalculiX calculix 3d structural analysis finite-element program, with pre- and post-processor
EasyMesh easymesh 2d Delaunay mesh generator
Elmer   multiphysics finite-element application
FreeFem++   finite-element analysis, partial differential equation solver
Gerris Flow Solver   solver and viewing application for 2d and 3d solution of partial differential equations describing flow
Gmsh/GetDP gmsh Gmsh is a 3d mesh generator with pre- and post-processing capbility; GetDP is a finite-element solver integrated with Gmsh
OpenFOAM   libraries and tools for computational fluid dynamics and multiphysics applications
tetgen   3d tetrahedral mesh generator and Delaunay triangulator
triangle   2d mesh generator and Delaunay triangulator
Geographic Information Systems LOCKER COMMENT
ArcExplorer arcims Geographic Information System file viewer; docs
Molecular Modeling & Dynamics LOCKER COMMENT
AIMAll aimall package for performing quantitative and visual analyses of molecular systems
Avogadro   molecule editor and visualizer
babel   utility that converts molecular description files to/from other formats
Cambridge Structural Database cambsd database of chemical and crystallographic information for small organic and metal-organic compounds
CPMD cpmd parallelized plane wave/pseudopotential implementation of Density Functional Theory
Deep View (Swiss-Pdb viewer) deepview structural analysis and display of protein molecular chemistry models; online docs
DINO dino realtime 3D visualization program for structural biology data
Discovery Studio Visualizer dsvisualizer visualization and analysis of molecular images and sequences
Espresso espresso programs for quantum-mechanical simulations based on Density Functional Theory
GAMESS, MacMolPlt gamess computational molecular chemistry modeler
Gaussian, Gaussview gaussian computational molecular chemistry modeler
Jmol   3d molecule image viewer in Java
Mercury cambsd crystal structure visualization tool
molden molden application that computes and displays molecular density patterns
molekel molekel 3d molecule image viewer
molscript molscript tool for generating 3d molecular images
molSimplify molsimplify molecular editor and analyzer with capabilities for handling transition metal complexes
Multiwfn multiwfn multifunctional wavefunction analyser
ORCA orca-chem computational molecular chemistry modeler; also includes NBO (calculates bond orbitals with maximum electron density)
platon platon crystallographic computational chemistry tool
Psi4 psi4 suite of ab-initio quantum chemistry programs
PyMOL pymol multi-featured molecular structure viewer
Q-Chem (Open MPI), iqmol qchem ab-initio quantum chemistry program (OpenMPI parallel implementation); iqmol is a molecular editor and visualization package integrated with Q-Chem
Q-Chem (MPICH), iqmol qchemmpich ab-initio quantum chemistry program (MPICH parallel implementation); ; iqmol is a molecular editor and visualization package integrated with Q-Chem
rasmol   3d molecule image viewer
Star Biochem   3d Java molecular viewing application, accessible on Web
VMD/NAMD vmd VMD: 3d molecule image viewer, supports animation, rendering; local docs; NAMD: molecular chemistry computational dynamics; local docs
XCrySDen xcrysden crystalline and molecular structure visualization program
XDrawChem   2d chemical formula drawing program
Other Simulations LOCKER COMMENT
Alloy alloy language and tool for describing and exploring structures
AVL, XFOIL aeroutil applications for the design and analysis of subsonic aircraft and airfoils
CHEMKIN PRO chemkinpro advanced gas phase chemical kinetics analysis simulation
Coq   formal proof management system based on an internal formal language
Dakota dakota software for design optimization and uncertainty quantification
Electric VLSI   VLSI circuit design and simulation application
FORTE forte computational fluid dynamics package that incorporates CHEMKIN PRO's solver technology
gEDA   suite of of electronic design tools, currently offering schematic capture and simulation tools
GNU Linear Programming Kit   solver/library routines for solving linear programming problems
ipopt ipopt large-scale nonlinear optimization package
JFLAP jflap package of graphical tools for learning concepts of Formal Languages and Automata Theory
LabVIEW labview system-design platform and development environment for "G", a visual, dataflow programming language
lpsolve lpsolve Mixed Integer Linear Programming solver
Magic   interactive editor for VLSI layouts
Meep, MPB, Harminv meep_v1.3 utilities for analysis of time-domain signals
ngspice   mixed-level/mixed-signal circuit simulator
oof oof computation of macroscopic material properties from images of microstructure
OpenModelica   modeling language and simulator development environment for mathematical models of physical systems
Qucs qucs integrated circuit simulator
RMG rmgchem automatic chemical reaction mechanism generator
sketch sketch software synthesis tool for rapid development of tuned, bug-free algorithm implementations
SmartSim smartsim digital logic circuit design and simulation package
snopt snopt general-purpose solver for constrained optimization
spin spin LTL model checking system in asynchronous software systems design; local online docs
Stanford University Unstructured su2 software tools for performing Partial Differential Equation analysis and solving PDE constrained optimization problems
TAO/PETSc tao-petsc PETSc is a suite of data structures and routines for solution of scientific applications; TAO, based on PETSc, is software for solving large-scale optimization problems
TensorFlow, Torch mach-learn numerical computation applications and libraries for machine learning and A.I. simulation
TLA Toolbox tla IDE for TLA+ tools. TLA+ is a formal specification language used to design, model, document, and verify concurrent systems


Miscellaneous Utilities

  LOCKER COMMENT
aptitude   command-line package manager
blanche   Moira list maintenance utility; Web version (MIT only)
brasero   records data on CD-R, DVD-R and R/W drives
cdrecord   records data on CD-R, CD-R/W drives
clean consult removes control characters from text files (converts DOS to UNIX newlines)
CrashPlan   network backup system
cvs   version control system
dos2unix, unix2dos   converts text file newline between UNIX/DOS formats
dosemu   simulates a DOS computer
dsgrep   utility to search Discuss meetings for text strings
fs commands   AFS file system commands; online docs
g3data   extracts numeric data values from graphs published in image format
git   fast, scalable distributed version control system
GnuCash   personal finance manager
gpg   tool for encrypting and digitally signing files; Web page
helpquota consult utility that helps deal with "over quota" problems
hesinfo   Hesiod information utility (users, filesystems..)
hfs, xhfs   Macintosh disk access utility
lastupd consult utility that tells when servers of a given type were last updated
listmaint   Moira list maintenance utility; Web version (MIT only)
lookup consult utility to find server a locker is on
lsof   lists open files on computer
mailmaint   mailing list maintenance utility
hg (Mercurial)   distributed source code management system
moira   interface to Moira database; also on Web (MIT only)
Mtools   PC/ZIP disk access utility suite
OpenRefine refine tool for cleaning and transforming messy data
pgp   mail encryption utility; quickstart guide
ps   lists processes running on computer
rblanche consult utility for recursively listing members of mailing lists
recode   utility that converts files between character sets and "surfaces"
renew, grenew   renews user's Kerberos tickets and AFS tokens
setup   utility that attaches lockers, performs initialization commands
svn (Subversion)   version control system
synaptic   GUI package manager
Tabula tabula utility for extracting data tables from text-based (non-scanned) pdfs
units   converts physical quantities between different units
xmoira   utility for managing user's Email forwarding, finger information and default shell
zap-firefox-certs infoagents deletes damaged or expired browser certificates
Zip utilities   data compression utilities

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