The apps servers are designated as ltsp login machines, and general-purpose computing such as email clients, web browsers, and varied applications. They are not designed for high-end computation or software development. For compatibility reasons, they are running a 32-bit Ubuntu distribution. These machines provide a general set of applications with some development software installed.
The comps servers are designated as high-end computing platforms, supporting software development and Matlab. They run a 64-bit version of Ubuntu, and to avoid computing loads not related to research computing, have a small subset of the apps servers application packages installed. They do however have a large variety of development environments and libraries installed.
| a2ps | bash | cvs |
| eclipse | emacs | enscript |
| g++ | g77 | gcc |
| gv | lynx | mozilla-browser |
| ncftp | openssh-client | openssh-server |
| openssl | perl | python |
| rcs | rsync | screen |
| subversion | sun-java5 | tcsh |
| tetex | xemacs21 | xfig |
| xterm | zsh |
While both apps and comps machines carry a reasonable number of packages that are mirrored on both classes of server, there are differences. Listed here are some of the applications and software that are only available on one of the two types of machines. Libraries and rarely-used applications are not listed here; this is simply to provide a general idea of what the two classes of machines are intended to be used for.
| acroread | automake1.4 | bsh |
| evince | evolution | exmh |
| firefox | fvwm | gaim |
| gimp | gnome | inkscape |
| kate | kde | kdelirc |
| kdepim | kghostview | kmail |
| knode | konqueror | kpdf |
| ksirc | mozilla | mutt |
| nautilus | nmh | openoffice.org |
| alpine | rdesktop | twm |
| xpdf | xtightvncviewer |
| atlas | clisp | gprolog |
| matlab | prolog-el | swi-prolog |