Campus Computing and Networking: Focus on Software Guide

The Computing and Networking Web site includes a Software Guide--Web pages designed to direct you to software resources at the UW.

Go to www.washington.edu/computing/software/ (or look under "Getting Started" on the Computing and Networking Web site) to start using the Software Guide. There you will find easy-to-navigate information you may have been trying to find on such topics as:

[Graphic: The Software Guide Web site at
www.washington.edu/computing/software]
Find out what software is available to you and much more with the Software Guide.

Campus labs. Want to use Adobe Illustrator? Before heading to a lab, use the lab links to check which has the software you want to use.
C&C Computers. You may want to know what software programs are on Homer or Mead, particularly if you are a Unix user. These pages let you know what programs are on the Uniform Access and non-Uniform Access computers and how to start using them.
Site-licensed software. Is the UW licensed for Dr. Solomon's Anti-Virus Toolkit? Are you eligible to use it? How much does it cost? This section of the Guide provides answers to your "site license" questions.

You will also find information on packages distributed exclusively by the UW--such as Pine and the UW Internet Connectivity Kit--and general information on other software topics.

New Additions to UWICK

The Spring Quarter 1999 edition of the UW Internet Connectivity Kit (UWICK) offers these new features:

Telnet software that encrypts your sessions for more secure connections to Homer, Dante, and Saul
PC-Pine 4.10
Netscape Communicator 4.5 (in addition to Internet Explorer 4)
Y2K software that checks your PC's hardware for Year 2000 compliance

The UWICK is available at the University Bookstore for $17, and is updated quarterly. Click on UWICK on the Software Guide Web site for more information.

Did You Find What You Were Looking For?

Will the Software Guide lead you to every program you want? Probably not. It only includes information about software that may be distributed beyond the department that made the original purchase. Even then, a department may opt to not widely publicize their site-licensed programs or the availability of their lab computers. Check with your department for software that you are interested in and do not find mentioned in the Guide.

Do you have a suggestion for the Software Guide? The C&C Software Licensing group values your comments. Please use the link at the bottom of any Software Guide Web page to send an email message.

University of Washington Computing & Communications
Windows on Computing, No. 23, Spring 1999
newsltr@cac.washington.edu