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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircle.png - installed by default in Ubuntu <<BR>>
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The aim of this page is to become a useful resource for scientists, engineers and students using Ubuntu (or any other) Linux. Please add information or comments.
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=IconKubuntuCircle.png - installed by default in Kubuntu <<BR>>
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=== Introduction ===
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=UbuntuGrey.png - Main (officially supported) Ubuntu repository, not installed by default <<BR>>
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Linux is a great operating system for scientists, for many reasons:
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For information about the Ubuntu repositories see [[UbuntuHelp:Repositories|Repositories]]. Clicking on the icon next a program should take you to information about the Ubuntu package.
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=== Astronomy ===
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* [http://edu.kde.org/kstars/ KStars] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/kstars {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=edubuntu.png}}] - A virtual planetarium.
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* [http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/index.html XEphem] - A very comprehensive ephemeris/planetarium. Old interface.
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* [http://www.hs.uni-hamburg.de/DE/Ins/Per/Wichmann/Nightfall.html Nightfall] - An astronomy application for fun, education, and science.
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* [http://www.stellarium.org/ Stellarium] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/stellarium {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - Stellarium is a free open source planetarium that shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.
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* [http://earth.google.com/ Google Earth] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/googleearth-package {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png}}] - 3D earth viewing application includes a sky view.
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''More Astronomy applications'' - [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Astronomy|UbuntuScience/Astronomy]]
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A guide for installing various applications on Ubuntu with assorted tips and tricks is at [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Howto]] (Still a work in progress....)
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=== Biology ===
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* [http://www.bioperl.org BioPerl] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/bioperl {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - a collection of Perl modules that are useful for programmers in bioinformatics/biology
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=== Applications ===
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https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=edubuntu.png - installed by default in Edubuntu <br>
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==== Astronomy ====
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* [http://edu.kde.org/kstars/ KStars] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/kstars https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=edubuntu.png]- A virtual planetarium.  
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* [http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/index.html XEphem] - A very comprehensive ephemeris/planetarium. Old interface.  
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* [http://www.stellarium.org/ Stellarium] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/stellarium https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]- Stellarium is a free open source planetarium that shows a realistic sky in 3D, just like what you see with the naked eye, binoculars or a telescope.  
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* ''More Astronomy applications'' - [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Astronomy]]
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==== Biology ====
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* also see [http://www.biojava.org BioJava] and [http://www.biopython.org BioPython]
 
* also see [http://www.biojava.org BioJava] and [http://www.biopython.org BioPython]
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* [ftp://ftp-igbmc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/ClustalW/ ClustalW] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/clustalw {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png}}] - Global multiple nucleotide or peptide sequence alignment
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* [ftp://ftp-igbmc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/ClustalX/ ClustalX] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/clustalw {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png}}] - GUI for ClustalW
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* [http://darwin.zoology.gla.ac.uk/%7Erpage/treeviewx/index.html Tree View X] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/treeviewx {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - Tree View X is an open source program to display phylogenetic trees on Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows platforms. It can read and display NEXUS and Newick format tree files (such as those output by PAUP*, ClustalX, TREE-PUZZLE, and other programs).
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* [http://www.scicraft.org/ SciCraft] - Addon to Octave, clones Simulink. Still in developement, blocks have to be written by the user. It is supposed to specialize in bioinformatics functions
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* [http://www.tree-puzzle.de/ Tree-puzzle] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/tree-puzzle {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - TREE-PUZZLE is a computer program to reconstruct phylogenetic trees from molecular sequence data by maximum likelihood.
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* <<Anchor(ITK)>>[http://www.itk.org/ Insight Toolkit (ITK)] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/insighttoolkit {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - an open-source software toolkit for performing registration and segmentation. Created to support the [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Visible Human Project ].
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* [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/clustalw/ Clustalw][http://packages.ubuntu.com/clustalw https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png] - This program performs an alignment of multiple nucleotide or amino acid sequences. Clustalx is a gui front end for clustalw.
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''More Biology applications'' - [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Biology|UbuntuScience/Biology]]
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* [http://pbil.univ-lyon1.fr/software/seaview.html Seaview] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/seaview https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png] - A sequence editor with multiple alignment (via CLustalW) and other capabilities
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* [http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~mcvean/LDhat/ LDhat] LDhat is a package written in the C language for the analysis of recombination rates from population genetic data.
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* [http://www.ysbl.york.ac.uk/~emsley/coot/ Coot] - Superb tool for crystallographers
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* [http://pritch.bsd.uchicago.edu/structure.html Structure] Populationg genetic analysis of admixture.  Uses include inferring the presence of distinct populations, assigning individuals to populations, studying hybrid zones, identifying migrants and admixed individuals, and estimating population allele frequencies in situations where many individuals are migrants or admixed.
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* [http://www.cebl.auckland.ac.nz/index.php?target=software&item=6 Squint]- A sequence editor with automated alignment, translation, etc.
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* [http://www.uku.fi/%7Ethassine/ghemical/ ghemical] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/ghemical {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - A molecular modeling and computational chemistry package that provides molecular mechanics, semi-empirical (''via'' MOPAC7), and ''ab initio'' (''via'' MPQC) calculations.
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* [http://gdis.seul.org/ gdis] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/gdis {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - A molecular display program that supports OpenGL and POVRay rendering.
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* [http://openbabel.sourceforge.net/ OpenBabel][http://packages.ubuntu.com/openbabel {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - A chemical file format conversion program.
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* [http://ruby.chemie.uni-freiburg.de/~martin/chemtool/chemtool.html Chemtool][http://packages.ubuntu.com/chemtool {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - 2D molecule drawing programs similar to Chem''''''Draw.
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* [http://home.uchicago.edu/~rhudson1/source/mksamples.html ms] The gold standard in coalescent simulations for population genetics.
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* [http://xdrawchem.sourceforge.net/ xdrawchem] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/xdrawchem {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - 2D molecule drawing programs similar to Chem''''''Draw.
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* [http://www.chemicalinventory.org chemicalInventory] - A free chemical inventory database using JChem for structure searching.
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* [http://www.mpqc.org/ mpqc] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/mpqc {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - The Massively Parallel Quantum Chemistry Program. ''Ab initio'' quantum chemical computational package.
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* [http://meteora.ucsd.edu/~pierce/ncview_home_page.html ncview] - A very fast program for viewing netCDF files (a standard widely used in meteorology, climate and oceanography).
 
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* [http://gmt.soest.hawaii.edu/ Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/gmt {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - GMT is an open source collection of ~60 tools for manipulating geographic and Cartesian data sets (including filtering, trend fitting, gridding, projecting, etc.) and producing Encapsulated Post''''''Script File (EPS) illustrations ranging from simple x-y plots via contour maps to artificially illuminated surfaces and 3-D perspective views.
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* [http://ww2d.csoft.net/index.php?title=Introduction WW2D] - Java based application similar to NASA World Wind or Google Earth software.
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* [http://thuban.intevation.org/ Thuban] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/thuban {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - An interactive geographic data viewer.
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* [http://therion.speleo.sk/ Therion] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/therion {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - Cave surveying - 2D and 3D drawing software.
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* [http://grads.iges.org/grads/head.html Grads] - Very fast graphics program for looking at meteorological data. Movies are very fast.
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* [http://thuban.intevation.org/ Thuban] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/thuban https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - An interactive geographic data viewer.
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* [http://postgis.refractions.net/ PostGIS] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/postgis {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - Geographic objects support for [[UbuntuHelp:PostgreSQL|PostgreSQL]].
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=== Ecology and Environmental Sciences ===
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* [http://www.survex.com/ Survex] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/survex https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Cave surveying and mapping software.
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* [http://www.swarm.org/wiki/Main_Page Swarm] - A conceptual framework for designing, describing, and conducting experiments on ABMs.
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* [http://repast.sourceforge.net/ Repast] - The Recursive Porous Agent Simulation Toolkit.
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* [http://therion.speleo.sk/ Therion] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/therion https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Cave surveying - 2D and 3D drawing software.
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* [http://grads.iges.org/grads/head.html Grads] - Very fast graphics program for looking at meteorological data. Movies are very fast.  
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==== Ecology and Environmental Sciences ====
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* [http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ NetLogo] - A Java-based programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena.
 
* [http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/ NetLogo] - A Java-based programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena.
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* [http://www.simulistics.com/ Simile] - A proprietary ($$$) System Dynamics and object-based modeling and simulation software package similar to Stella, Model Maker, Vensim, etc. It is advertised as "Visual modeling software for the earth, environmental and life sciences". A free evaluation version, which limits the size of saved models, is available.
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* [http://www.simulistics.com/ Simile] - A proprietary ($$$) System Dynamics and object-based modeling and simulation software package similar to Stella, Model Maker, Vensim, etc. It is advertised as "Visual modeling software for the earth, environmental and life sciences". A free evaluation version, which limits the size of saved models, is available.
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=== Physics ===
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* [http://wwwasd.web.cern.ch/wwwasd/cernlib/ Cernlib] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/cernlib {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - A suite of data analysis tools and libraries created for use in physics experiments, but also with applications to other fields such as the chemical and biological sciences.
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==== Econometrics ====
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* [http://lightspeed.sourceforge.net/ Lightspeed] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lightspeed {{https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png}}] - An OpenGL-based program developed to illustrate the effects of special relativity on the appearance of moving objects.
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* [http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net JaxoDraw] - A [[UbuntuHelp:Java|Java]] program for drawing Feynman diagrams.
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* [http://gretl.sourceforge.net/ Gretl] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/gretl https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - The GNU Regression, Econometric and Time-Series Library (gretl) is a  package for econometric analysis.
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* <<Anchor(ROOT)>>[http://root.cern.ch ROOT] - An object oriented data analysis framework.
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* [http://www.hepforge.org/ HepForge] - A website hosting high energy physics (HEP) software development projects - ie. Sourceforge for (HEP). [http://www.hepforge.org/projects HepForge Projects]
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==== Electronics ====
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* [http://www.mcstas.org/ McStas] - A neutron scattering instrument Monte Carlo simulation package, which simulates neutron spectrometers and beam lines.
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''More Physics applications'' - [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Physics|UbuntuScience/Physics]]
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* [http://www.cadsoft.de/ Eagle]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/eagle https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png] - A printed circuit board design tool.
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== Ubuntu Packages: Science Section ==
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/feisty/science/ 7.04],
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* [http://arrakis.gforge.lug.fi.uba.ar/index.php oregano]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/oregano https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Schematic capture, netlists, and spice for simulations.
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/gutsy/science/ 7.10],
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/heron/science/ 8.04],
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* [http://www.geda.seul.org/ gEDA]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/geda https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - GPL'd suite of Electronic Design Automation tools.
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/science/ 8.10],
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/jaunty/science/  9.04 ].
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* [http://qucs.sourceforge.net/index.html Qucs]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/qucs https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - An integrated circuit simulator
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== Alternatives to Proprietary Scientific Software ==
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See [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/AlternativesToProprietarySoftware|UbuntuScience/AlternativesToProprietarySoftware]]
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* [http://icarus.com/eda/verilog/ Icarus Verilog]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/verilog https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Icarus Verilog is a Verilog simulation and synthesis tool. It operates as a compiler, compiling source code writen in Verilog (IEEE-1364) into some target format.
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== Hardware ==
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* Labview for linux (non-free) [http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/2541]
−
==== Engineering Sciences ====
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=== Data acquisition ===
−
 
+
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* [http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad.html QCad]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/qcad https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A Computer Aided Design Application. It is available in the universe repositories.
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+
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* [http://www.cycas.de/ CyCAS ]  - A commercial Computer Aided Design Application that runs on linux. There is a public version available.
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+
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* [http://www.ptc.com/appserver/mkt/products/home.jsp?k=403  Pro/ENGINEER] - A commerical mechanical engineering and design CAD tool. 
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+
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* [http://www.tech-edv.co.at/lunix/CADlinks.html A list of Cad software for linux]
+
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+
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==== Mathematics ====
+
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+
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* [http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/ GDL] - GNU Data Language is a high level language for numerical computations and data visualization similar to IDL (Interactive Data Language from Research Systems Inc.).
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+
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* [[UbuntuHelp:Octave]] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/octave https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]- GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical computations. (Similar to [[UbuntuHelp:MATLAB]]). [http://www.octave.org/ Octave]
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+
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* [http://www.scicraft.org/ SciCraft] - Addon to Octave, clones Simulink. Still in developement, blocks have to be written by the user. It is supposed to specialize in bioinformatics functions
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+
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* [http://scilabsoft.inria.fr/ Scilab] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/scilab https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png] - Another MATLAB-like application.
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+
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* [http://www.scicos.org/ SciCos] - A free Simulink-like addon to Scilab
+
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+
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* [http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ Maxima] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/maxima https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]- A computer algebra system (xmaxima is its X interface)
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* [http://wxmaxima.sourceforge.net/ wxMaxima] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/wxmaxima https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - is a nice front end for Maxima
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−
* The wxmaxima package doesn't work in Ubuntu 6.06.  Please go to the [[UbuntuHelp:wxMaxima]] page in this wiki for a work around.
+
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* Here is a [http://arxiv.org/html/cs.SC/0504039 tutorial] about using Te''''''Xmacs as a Maxima frontend
+
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* [http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/imaxima/ imaxima] embeds a maxima session in emacs and uses [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] to render output
+
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+
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* [http://www.swox.com/gmp/ GNU MP] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/libgmp3c2 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=UbuntuGrey.png]  - GNU Multiprecision arthmetic library. Useful if you need to use very big numbers in a C program.
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+
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* [[Anchor(GSL)]][http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/ GSL] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/gsl-bin https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - the Gnu Scientific Library
+
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+
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*  [http://www.r-project.org/ R] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/r-base https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]- for statistical computing and graphics.
+
−
* [http://stats.math.uni-augsburg.de/JGR/ JGR] - Java GUI for R
+
−
* [http://rkward.sourceforge.net/ RKWard] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/rkward https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - An easy to use, transparent frontend to the R-language
+
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* [http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~ihaka/120/ Some R tutorials and examples]
+
−
* [http://addictedtor.free.fr/graphiques/ R Graph Gallery] - Several different graphics fully created with R and the source code to create them
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.ooomacros.org/user.php#106652 OOStatistics] - A statistics macro for openoffice calc.
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.freefem.org/ freefem] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/freefem https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A partial differential equation oriented language using Finite Element Method - 2D and 3D versions.
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−
 
+
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* [http://www.openfoam.org/ OpenFOAM] - A former commercial computational fluid dynamics code that is now under GPL, see end of this page and
+
−
** [[UbuntuHelp:OpenFOAM]] has instructions on how to install OpenFOAM on ubuntu
+
−
 
+
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* [http://www.scipy.org/ SciPy] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/python-scipy https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - An open source library of scientific tools for Python.
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−
** [http://www.scipy.org/Cookbook SciPy CookBook]
+
−
** a [http://www.scipy.org/Topical_Software wiki page] similar to this one
+
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+
−
 
+
−
* [http://cens.ioc.ee/projects/f2py2e/ F2PY] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/python-f2py https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Fortran to Python interface generator  provides a connection between Python and Fortran languages.
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+
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* [http://www.ginac.de/ GiNaC] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/ginac-tools https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - C++ library for symbolic computations.
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+
−
* [http://www.sagemath.org/ SAGE] - open source computer algerbra system. Their goal is to create a viable free open source alternative to the commercial programs Magma, Maple, Mathematica, and MATLAB.
+
−
 
+
−
* [[UbuntuHelp:Mathematica]] - A proprietary computer algebra system [http://www.mathematica.com Mathematica]
+
−
 
+
−
* [[UbuntuHelp:Maple]] - A proprietary computer algebra system [http://www.maplesoft.com Maple]
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.ittvis.com/idl/ IDL] - A proprietary data visualization & data analysis platform.
+
−
 
+
−
* [[UbuntuHelp:MATLAB]] - A proprietary numerical computing environment and programming language [http://www.mathworks.com/ Matlab]
+
−
 
+
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* [http://pdl.perl.org/ PDL] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/pdl https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Perl Data Language - A powerful data mathematics and data manipulation package for Perl. 
+
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+
−
* [http://www.mupad.de/ Mupad] -  A proprietary computer algebra system.
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.clucalc.info/ Clucalc] - a tool for 3D visualisations, Clifford algebras and scientific calculations.
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/auto2000 AUTO 2000] -  software for continuation and bifurcation problems in ordinary differential equations.
+
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+
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==== Medicine ====
+
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+
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* [http://www.openclinica.org/ OpenClinica] -  a web-based Clinical Data Management Software (CDMS) platform for managing multi-site clinical research studies
+
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+
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==== Physics ====
+
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+
−
* [http://wwwasd.web.cern.ch/wwwasd/cernlib/ Cernlib] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/cernlib https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A suite of data analysis tools and libraries created for use in physics experiments, but also with applications to other fields such as the chemical and biological sciences.  
+
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+
−
* [http://jaxodraw.sourceforge.net JaxoDraw] - A [[UbuntuHelp:Java]] program for drawing Feynman diagrams
+
−
 
+
−
* [[Anchor(ROOT)]][http://root.cern.ch ROOT] - An Object Oriented Data Analysis Framework
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.aei.mpg.de/~peekas/cadabra/index.html Cadabra] - A computer algebra system designed specifically for the solution of problems encountered in field theory.
+
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+
−
*  [http://www.hepforge.org/ HepForge] - A website hosting high energy physics software development projects - ie. sourceforge for hep.  [http://www.hepforge.org/projects HepForge Projects]
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://geant4.web.cern.ch/geant4/ Geant4] - A toolkit for the simulation of the passage of particles through matter
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://wwwasd.web.cern.ch/wwwasd/lhc++/clhep/ CLHEP] - A Class Library for High Energy Physics
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www-hades.gsi.de/computing/pluto/html/PlutoIndex.html Pluto++] - A Monte Carlo simulation tool for hadronic physics
+
−
 
+
−
* Firefox plugins
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=arxiv&submitform=Search Search the arxiv]
+
−
* [http://mycroft.mozdev.org/download.html?name=spires&submitform=Search Search spires]
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://pdg.lbl.gov/2006/html/computer_read.html Data files from the Particle Data Group]
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.theory.physics.ubc.ca/arxiv/ arXiv on your harddrive] - Get a local copy of the entire hep-th, gr-qc or quant-ph arXiv via [[UbuntuHelp:BitTorrent]].
+
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+
−
* [http://lightspeed.sourceforge.net/ Lightspeed] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lightspeed https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - An OpenGL-based program developed to illustrate the effects of special relativity on the appearance of moving objects.  
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.csc.fi/elmer/index.phtml ELMER] - Finite Element Software for Multiphysical Problems.
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://trshare.triumf.ca/~chuma/physica/homepage.html PHYSICA] - A high level, interactive programming environment with user friendly graphics and sophisticated mathematical analysis capabilities.
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.pwscf.org PWscf] - Also known as quantum ESPRESSO. A plane-wave Density Functional Theory code. It also has a not very friendly GUI.
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.uam.es/siesta/ SIESTA] - Another Density Functional Theory code. This one uses atomic orbitals as its basis. Free for noncommercial use.
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://xcrysden.org XCrySDen] - A crystalline and molecular structure visualisation program. It is especially useful to display output files from DFT codes, such as PWscf, Wien2k and SIESTA.
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+
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==== Tools ====
+
−
 
+
−
*  [http://sourceforge.net/projects/bika BIKA] - A laboratory information management system (LIMS) built on top of Zope and Plone, and coded in Python
+
−
 
+
−
* [http://www.unipress.waw.pl/fityk Fityk][http://packages.ubuntu.com/fityk https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]- a curve fitting and data analysis program, specialized in peak fitting.
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+
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* [http://bumblebeeman.sourceforge.net/ Bumblebee] - a system for managing instruments and other resources (e.g. analytical equipment) that must be shared between a number of users.
+
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+
−
===== Fortran Compilers =====
+
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* [http://www.intel.com/cd/software/products/asmo-na/eng/compilers/282048.htm Intel Fortran Compiler 9.0] for noncommercial use. Please respect the license agreements. A step by step installation guide can be found here: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=89571 (Post by Chickenmonger)
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* [http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GFortran gfortran][http://packages.ubuntu.com/gfortran https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - The GNU Fortran 95 compiler
+
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+
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* [http://g95.sourceforge.net/ g95]- The goal of the g95 project is to create a free, open source Fortran 95 compiler and runtime libraries.
+
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+
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+
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===== Plotting Tools =====
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* [http://plplot.sourceforge.net PLplot] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/libplplot9 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]- A powerful 2D and 3D scientific plotting library with C, C++, Fortran, Java, Python, Perl, Octave, and Tcl interfaces.  Device plugins include X, wxWidgets, Gnome Canvas Widget, and Tk GUIs as well as Post''''''Script, PNG, JPEG, and GIF file devices. 
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* [http://www.gnuplot.info/ GNUplot] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/gnuplot https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A command-line driven 2D/3D plotting tool. Can perform data fitting and exports to PNG, PS, Xfig, and Latex formats. Has python bindings (python-gnuplot) for including in other programs or scripts.  
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* [http://icculus.org/~jcspray/plotdrop/ plotdrop] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/plotdrop https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A minimal GNOME frontend to GNUPlot
+
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* [http://t16web.lanl.gov/Kawano/gnuplot/index-e.html gnuplot tips (not so Frequently Asked Questions)]
+
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+
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* [http://plasma-gate.weizmann.ac.il/Grace/ grace][http://packages.ubuntu.com/grace https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A 2D WYSIWYG plotting tool that exports to JPEG, PNG, EPS, PDF, and SVG. Also does  curve fitting.
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* [http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~tjp/pgplot/ PGPLOT] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/pgplot5 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png] -  Fortran- or C-callable graphics subroutine package for making scientific graphs.
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* [http://rlplot.sourceforge.net/ RLPlot] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/rlplot https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - RLPlot is a GUI based program for displaying scientific data in standard formats. It has full support for all error-bar types and it has greater flexibility with displaying colour and texture in charts than gnuplot (filled  bar chart boxes are possible without any additional programs). Output is generated on the X display  here further changes can be made to the graph using point and click methods. Images can be exported as scalable vector graphics (SVG) as well as EPS, WMF and TIFF formats.
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*[http://glx.sourceforge.net/ Graphics Layout Engine]- '''GLE''' is a full featured scripting language that includes variables, subroutines, logic control, looping, a graphing tool, and more to produce high quality output. It has a full range of facilities for producing publication-quality graphs, diagrams, posters and slides. GLE provides LaTeX quality fonts together with a flexible graphics module, which allows the user to specify any feature of a graph (down to the line width of the subticks, for example). Complex pictures can be drawn with user-defined subroutines and simple looping structures. Essentially, GLE is a scripting language and if you are used to writing software, using LaTeX, or any other non-WYSIWYG tools, then you will enjoy using GLE. An autopackage is also available.
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* [http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/ SciGraphica] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/scigraphica https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A scientific application for data analysis and technical graphics. Attempts to be a [http://www.originlab.com/ "Microcal Origin"] clone
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+
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* [http://soft.proindependent.com/qtiplot.html Qtiplot ] - A 2D/3D, Qt based plotting tool that attempts to be another "Origin" clone
+
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+
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* [http://labplot.sourceforge.net/ LabPlot]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/labplot https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Another Qt based 2D/3D GUI plotting tool that also does curve fitting, supports many data formats, [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] labeling, [[GSL GSL]] functions, and statistics.
+
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+
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* [http://home.gna.org/veusz/ Veusz] - A scientific plotting package written in Python.
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+
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* [http://gri.sourceforge.net/ Gri]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/gri https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A scientific graphics language.
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* [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net Matplotlib]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/python-matplotlib https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - a cross platform 2d plotting library for Python. For instructions on compliling from source see the MatPlotLibHowTo.
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* [http://pyx.sourceforge.net/index.html PyX]  [http://packages.ubuntu.com/python-pyx https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - Python graphics package for the creation of postscript and PDF files - useful for graphing.
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* [http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/ MayaVi] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/mayavi https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - an easy to use scientific data visualizer
+
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+
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* [http://www.paraview.org Paraview] an application designed with the need to visualize large data sets in mind.
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* [http://kst.kde.org/ kst] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/kst https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A plotting and data viewing program
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* [http://lybniz2.sourceforge.net/ Lybniz] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/lybniz https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A simple function graph plotter (graphic calculator), in Python and GTK. Ubuntu .deb avaliable.
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* [http://kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=43071 Zhu3D] - interactive 3D plotting program using opengl.
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===== Plot Digitizers =====
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* [http://plotdigitizer.sourceforge.net/ Plot Digitizer] - a Java program used to digitize scanned plots of functional data
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* [http://www.frantz.fi/software/g3data.php g3data] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/g3data https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - a program for extracting data from graphs
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* [http://rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/ ImageJ] - Java-based image processing.
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* [http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/index.php VIPS] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/libvips-tools  https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]  - a free image processing system.
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* [http://www.xfig.org Xfig] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/xfig https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]  - A diagram and figure creation tool. Can import GIF, JPEG, and EPS figures and can export to Postscipt, [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]], and bitmap files.
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* [http://www.skencil.org Skencil] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/skencil https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]  - An excellent vector drawing package. Especially useful for creating and annotating existing postscript figures. Numerous plugins are available, most notably a [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] plugin. Can import many different formats.
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* [http://bourbon.usc.edu/tgif/ Tgif] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/tgif https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]  - Another excellent postscript drawing program. Most suitable for black and white postscript figures.
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* [http://www.inkscape.org/ Inkscape] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/inkscape https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircle.png] - Excellent vector drawing program. Uses SVG format by default, but can write to EPS, PDF and [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] with PSTricks macros, among other formats.
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* [http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ Dia] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/dia https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]  - A "Visio" like diagram tool. Especially useful for simple circuits and flowcharts.
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* [http://ipe.compgeom.org/ Ipe] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/ipe https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png]  - A drawing editor for creating figures in PDF or (encapsulated) Postscript format. Incorporates [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] code quite well.
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* [http://jpicedt.sourceforge.net/ jPicEdt] - Java based drawing program which can generate [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]], eepic and pstricks code from a user-friendly graphical interface.
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* [http://latexdraw.sourceforge.net/ LaTeXDraw] - Java based drawing program which can generate and edit pstricks code for [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]]
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===== Word Processing Tools =====
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* [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=UbuntuGrey.png - WYGIWYW (What You Get Is What You Want) text mark up system. What real scientist write papers with. [http://www.latex-project.org/ LaTeX]
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* [[UbuntuHelp:Lyx]] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png - A WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean) [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] frontend. [http://www.lyx.org/ Lyx]
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* [[Anchor(Kile)]] [http://kile.sourceforge.net/ Kile] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png - A [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]]-frontend for KDE, with support for syntax highlighting and convenient palettes for all standard mathematical symbols and text formatting.  It also provides easy access to forward and inverse search facilities.  
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* [http://rlehy.free.fr/ eqe] -  Allows you write equations in [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] and drag and drop them into other apps   
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* [http://ooolatex.sourceforge.net/ OOoLatex] - a set of Open''''''Office macros designed to integrate [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] equations.
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* [http://www.conglomerate.org/ Conglomerate] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png - An XML editor, to create DocBook or similar formats.
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* [http://www.gnomefiles.org/app.php/Pytexipng/ Pytexipng] - a LaTeX formula converter to png images using a nice GTK gui. Pytexipng can convert a LaTeX formula into a png image file that can be used on any WYSIWYG word processor application as OpenOffice.org Writer, Abiword or KWord.
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* [http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/ Texmaker] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png - Like [[Kile Kile]] but loads faster ;-)
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* [http://www.texmacs.org/ TeXmacs] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png  - A wysiwyg scientific text editor
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* doubles  as an interface for computer algebra systems like [Maxima], [[UbuntuHelp:Maple]],  mupad,  axiom, giac,  GTybalt, Macaulay 2, pari, yacas
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* can also be used as a front end for [R], [[UbuntuHelp:Octave]], [GNUplot], [Xfig], [Dr. Geo], [Eukleides],[Qcl]
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* [http://www.gnu.org/software/auctex/preview-latex.html preview-latex] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png - (almost) turns emacs into a WYSIWYG-[[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]]-frontend.
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*** [http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/InstantPreview Can also be used in lyx].
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* [http://www.latex2html.org/ latex2html] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png , [http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/ tth]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleM2.png and [http://pauillac.inria.fr/~maranget/hevea/ hevea] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=UbuntuGrey.png for converting [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] to html.
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* [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim-latex gaim-latex] - A small gaim (see [[UbuntuHelp:GaimHowto]]) plugin which allow you to insert [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]]  formulae into im conversations.
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* [[UbuntuHelp:MiktexPackageManager]] - is used to install TeX packages from a MiKTeX package repository. Can be used with other TeX systems. Its a bit like apt-get for [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] [http://miktex.org/unx/ MiKTeX Tools]
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===== Bibliographic  Tools =====
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* Bibtex https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=UbuntuGrey.png -  is a program and file format for bibliographies in [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] documents
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****** [http://www.tug.org/tex-archive/info/bibtex/tamethebeast/ttb_en.pdf A comprehesive Bibtex maual]
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* [http://pybliographer.org/ Pybliographer ] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png -  a tool for managing bibliographic databases. Pybliographer is the graphical interface. 
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* [http://jabref.sourceforge.net/ Jabref] - A graphical bibtex bibliography manager which can be used in conjunction with lyx. It is java based.
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+
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* [http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~fischer/kbibtex/ KBibTeX] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png - A BibTeX editor for KDE.
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* Ubuntu:Bibus - Bibus is a bibliographic database. Bibus works with Open''''''Office.org 2.0 [http://bibus-biblio.sourceforge.net/ Bibus]
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* [http://www.scripps.edu/~cdputnam/software/bibutils/ Bibutils] - Collection of command line tools for bibliography format convertion. Format examples: BiBTeX, RIS, End''''''Note, COPAC, ISI, Pub''''''Med...
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* [http://icculus.org/~jcspray/referencer/ Referencer] Referencer is a Gnome application to organise documents or references, and ultimately generate a BibTeX bibliography file. Features include: Automatic metadata retrieval, Smart web links, Import from BibTeX, Reference Manager and EndNote, Tagging.
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* [http://www.periapsis.org/tellico/ Tellico]https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png - is a KDE application for organizing your collections. It allows to add special tags to entries, and sort entries along any field (author, year, keywords, ...)
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+
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* [http://www.molspaces.com/cb2bib/ cb2Bib] The cb2Bib is a tool for rapidly extracting unformatted, or unstandardized biblographic references from email alerts, journal Web pages, and PDF files.
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−
**** The cb2Bib reads the clipboard text contents and process it against a set of predefined patterns. If this automatic detection is successful, cb2Bib formats the clipboard data according to the structured BibTeX reference standard.
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−
**** Otherwise, if no predefined format pattern is found or if detection proves to be difficult, manual data extraction is greatly simplified by cb2Bib. In most cases, such manual data extraction will provide with a new, personalized pattern to be included within the predefined pattern set for future automatic extractions.
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−
**** Once the bibliographic reference is correctly extracted, it is added to a specified BibTeX database file. Optionally, article PDF files, if available, are renamed to its citeID and moved to a desired directory as a personal article library.
+
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+
−
===== Distributed Computing  =====
+
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+
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* [http://openmosix.sourceforge.net/ openmosix] - Turns a network of ordinary computers into a supercomputer.
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+
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* [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ BOINC] [http://packages.ubuntu.com/boinc-client https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IconsPage?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=iconCircleUn.png] - A software platform for distributed computing using volunteered computer resources 
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* projects include    Climateprediction.net, Einstein@Home, LHC@home, Predictor@home, SETI@home
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* [http://gridcafe.web.cern.ch/gridcafe/whatisgrid/whatis.html the Grid@CERN] - from the people who brought you the world wide web, a  service for sharing computer power and data storage which aims ultimately to turn the global network of computers into one vast computational resource.
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−
 
+
−
* [[UbuntuHelp:FoldingAtHome]] - A protein folding simulation run by the Stanford University.
+
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+
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+
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+
−
=== Ubuntu Packages  ===
+
−
 
+
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====== Science Section ======
+
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+
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/science/ 5.10],
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/science/ 6.06],
+
−
[http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/science/ 6.10].
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====== Mathematics Section ======
+
−
 
+
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[http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/math/  5.10],
+
−
[http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/math/ 6.06],
+
−
[http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/math/  6.10].
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====== TeX Section ======
+
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+
−
[http://packages.ubuntu.com/breezy/tex/  5.10],
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−
[http://packages.ubuntu.com/dapper/tex/  6.06],
+
−
[http://packages.ubuntu.com/edgy/tex/  6.10].
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+
−
=== Alternatives to Proprietary Scientific Software ===
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hopefully this list will get long enough to deserve its own page.
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| Proprietary || Free alternative || Info ||Link
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|-
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| [[UbuntuHelp:MATLAB]] || Scipy || Matrix based computing environment || http://www.scipy.org/
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|-
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| [[UbuntuHelp:MATLAB]] || [[UbuntuHelp:Octave]] || Matrix based computing environment || [http://www.octave.org/ Octave]
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|-
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| [[UbuntuHelp:MATLAB]] || Scilab || see above || [http://scilabsoft.inria.fr/ Scilab]  
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|-
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| S-PLUS, SAS || R || statistical package || [http://www.r-project.org]
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|-
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| IDL      || GDL || Interactive data language || [http://gnudatalanguage.sourceforge.net/ GDL]
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|-
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| Simulink || Sci''''''Craft || Based on Octave (Available for Debian, I think) || [http://www.scicraft.org/ SciCraft]
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|-
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| Simulink || Sci''''''Cos || Based on Scilab (Not found in Ubuntu Repos)||  [http://www.scicos.org/ SciCos]
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|-
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| Origin || Sci''''''Graphica, RLPlot, Qtiplot, Lab''''''Plot || Data plotting and analysis ||[http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/ SciGraphica], [http://rlplot.sourceforge.net/ RLPlot], [http://soft.proindependent.com/qtiplot.html Qtiplot ], [http://labplot.sourceforge.net/ LabPlot]
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|-
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| Peak''''''Fit || Fityk || Peak separation and analysis || [http://www.unipress.waw.pl/fityk Fityk]
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|-
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| [[UbuntuHelp:Mathematica]], [[UbuntuHelp:Maple]], Mu''''''Pad || Maxima || A computer algebra systems || [http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ Maxima homepage]
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|-
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| [[UbuntuHelp:Mathematica]], [[UbuntuHelp:Maple]], Mu''''''Pad || SAGE || A computer algebra systems || [http://www.sagemath.org/ SAGE homepage]
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|-
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| Win''''''Edt(Shareware), Scientific''''''Word || Kile, Texmaker, [[UbuntuHelp:Lyx]] || [[UbuntuHelp:LaTeX]] frontends  || [http://kile.sourceforge.net/ kile], [http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/ Texmaker], [http://www.lyx.org Lyx]
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|-
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| COMSOL || ELMER ||  tool for multi-physics problems || [http://www.csc.fi/elmer/index.phtml Elmer]
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|-
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| Fluent || [[UbuntuHelp:OpenFOAM]] || Computational Fluids Dynamics Software || [http://www.openfoam.org OpenFOAM]
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|}
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−
 
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−
=== Hardware ===
+
−
 
+
−
* Labview for linux (non-free) [http://sine.ni.com/nips/cds/view/p/lang/en/nid/2541]  
+
−
 
+
−
==== Data acquisition ====
+
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+
 
* National Instruments GPIB drivers for linux. [http://www.ni.com/linux/gpib.htm]
 
* National Instruments GPIB drivers for linux. [http://www.ni.com/linux/gpib.htm]
 
* Comedi - Open source drivers, tools and libraries. [http://www.comedi.org/ comedi]
 
* Comedi - Open source drivers, tools and libraries. [http://www.comedi.org/ comedi]
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=== Computer controlled systems ===
−
==== Computer controlled systems ====
+
* RTAI - Real-Time Application Interface is a hard real-time extension to the Linux kernel. [http://www.rtai.org/]
−
 
+
−
* RTAI - Real-Time Application Interface is a hard real-time extension to the Linux kernel [http://www.rtai.org/]
+
−
 
+
 
* EPICS - A set of Open Source software tools, libraries and applications to create distributed soft real-time control systems for scientific instruments such as a particle accelerators, telescopes and other large scientific experiments. [http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/index.php]
 
* EPICS - A set of Open Source software tools, libraries and applications to create distributed soft real-time control systems for scientific instruments such as a particle accelerators, telescopes and other large scientific experiments. [http://www.aps.anl.gov/epics/index.php]
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== Other information ==
−
=== Other information ===
+
* [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Howto|UbuntuScience/Howto]] (still a work in progress....)
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+
=== Other Linux Distributions for Scientists ===
−
====  Other Linux Distributions for Scientists ====
+
* [http://scubuntu.meraka.org.za/wiki  Scubuntu] - The aim of the Scubuntu project is to develop a flavour of Ubuntu Linux for use by scientists.
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+
* [http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html Quantian] - A Knoppix / Debian variant tailored to numerical and quantitative analysis.
−
* [http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/quantian.html Quantian] A Knoppix / Debian variant tailored to numerical and quantitative analysis.  
+
* [https://www.scientificlinux.org/ Scientific Linux] - Linux release put together by Fermilab and CERN based on RH
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+
* [http://groundstate.ca/mdk4chem Madrake4Chemistry] - Mandrake Linux for chemistry
−
* [http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med/ Debian-Med] Debian-Med is a "Custom Debian Distribution" for medical practice and research.
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* [http://pluto.htu.tuwien.ac.at TUn!x] - A new project especially designed for the Technical University of Vienna. See also: http://informatik.tuwien.ac.at/tunix
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***** debian-med metapackages are in Ubuntu(Universe): to list them type: <code><nowiki> apt-cache search debian-med </nowiki></code>
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* [http://poseidon.furg.br/ Poseidon Linux ] - A Brazilian distribution designed for academic and scientific use.
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* [http://www.xplora.org/ww/en/pub/xplora/library/software/xplora<u>_dvd_knoppix</u>make_sci.htm Xplora] - A Knoppix/Debian based DVD which aims to make science accessible for schools.
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* [https://www.scientificlinux.org/ Scientific Linux] Linux release put together by Fermilab and CERN based on RH
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* [http://www.caelinux.com/CMS/ CAELinux] - A liveDVD linux for Computer Aided Engineering.
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=== Unofficial Ubuntu/Debian repositories with science software ===
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* [http://groundstate.ca/mdk4chem Madrake4Chemistry] is about using Madrake Linux for chemistry
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* [http://mirror.phy.bnl.gov/debian-root/ repository] of [[UbuntuHelp:[ROOT|ROOT]]] packages
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* [http://pluto.htu.tuwien.ac.at TUn!x] a new project especially designed for the Technical University of Vienna. see also http://informatik.tuwien.ac.at/tunix
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* [http://poseidon.furg.br/ Poseidon Linux ] is a Brazilian distribution designed for academic and scientific use
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* [http://www.xplora.org/ww/en/pub/xplora/library/software/xplora<u>_dvd_knoppix</u>make_sci.htm Xplora] - is a Knoppix/Debian based DVD which aims to make science accessible for schools
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* [http://www.caelinux.com/CMS/ CAELinux] - a liveDVD linux for Computer Aided Engineering
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==== Unofficial Ubuntu/Debian repositories with science software ====
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* [http://mirror.phy.bnl.gov/debian-root/ repository] of [[ROOT ROOT]] packages
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* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00001.html Yaroslav Halchenko] [http://www.onerussian.com/debian/ repository]
 
* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00001.html Yaroslav Halchenko] [http://www.onerussian.com/debian/ repository]
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* [http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~gavinb/projects/itk.php repository] of [[ITK ITK]] Packages
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* [http://www.cs.mu.oz.au/~gavinb/projects/itk.php repository] of [[UbuntuHelp:[ITK|ITK]]] Packages
 
* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00133.html Teemu Ikonen] [http://mentors.debian.net/debian repository]
 
* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00133.html Teemu Ikonen] [http://mentors.debian.net/debian repository]
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* Daniel Leidert [http://debian.wgdd.de/debian/ repository] ( [http://debian.wgdd.de/repository read])
 
* Daniel Leidert [http://debian.wgdd.de/debian/ repository] ( [http://debian.wgdd.de/repository read])
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* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2008/12/msg00033.html Carlo Segre] [http://debian-xray.iit.edu repository] includes Ubuntu builds
−
* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2005/08/msg00008.html Carlo Segre] [http://fermi.phys.iit.edu/debian/ repository]
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* [http://scientificcomputing.net/ Balbir Thomas] [http://scientificcomputing.net/debian/packages/ repository]
 
* [http://scientificcomputing.net/ Balbir Thomas] [http://scientificcomputing.net/debian/packages/ repository]
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=== Mailing Lists about Linux and Science ===
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==== Mailing Lists about Linux and Science ====
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* [https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-motu-science Ubuntu MOTU Science mailing list]
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* [http://tauware.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-science Ubuntu MOTUScience mailing list]
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* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/ debian-science mailing list ]
 
* [http://lists.debian.org/debian-science/ debian-science mailing list ]
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=== Related Wiki Pages ===
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* Ubuntu:MOTU/Teams/Science is the Ubuntu:MOTU team responsible for the upkeep of science packages within the Universe repository.
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==== Related Wiki Pages ====
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* Ubuntu:UbuntuSciencePackages is a list of packages that are in the official Ubuntu Repositories that scientists use.
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* Ubuntu:UbuntuScienceMetaPackages discusses possible science metapackages
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Ubuntu:MOTU/Teams/Science is the Ubuntu:MOTU team responsible for the upkeep of science packages within the Universe repository.
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* [[UbuntuHelp:OpenFOAM|OpenFOAM]] - How to install Open''''''FOAM on Ubuntu.
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* [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Astronomy|UbuntuScience/Astronomy]]
−
Ubuntu:UbuntuSciencePackages is a list of packages that are in the official Ubuntu Repositories that scientist use
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* [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Biology|UbuntuScience/Biology]]
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* [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/Physics|UbuntuScience/Physics]]
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Ubuntu:UbuntuScienceMetaPackages discusses possible science metapackages
+
* [[UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience/AlternativesToProprietarySoftware|UbuntuScience/AlternativesToProprietarySoftware]]
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=== Online Forums ===
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[[UbuntuHelp:OpenFOAM]] - How to install Open''''''FOAM on ubuntu
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[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=169 Ubuntu Education & Science Forum]
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==== Online Forums ====
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[http://www.ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=169 Ubuntu Science Forum]
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Some forum threads
 
Some forum threads
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* [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=29919 Are there any scientists-biologists out there using Ubuntu?]
 
* [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=29919 Are there any scientists-biologists out there using Ubuntu?]
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* [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=329324 Ubuntu Science Metapackage]
 
* [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=329324 Ubuntu Science Metapackage]
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* [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=150310 Scientific Software options for Ubuntu]
 
* [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=150310 Scientific Software options for Ubuntu]
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* [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=156298 Scientific Ubuntu, installing OpenFOAM CFD software]
 
* [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=156298 Scientific Ubuntu, installing OpenFOAM CFD software]
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* [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=161490 How To install ELMER Multiphysics software]
 
* [http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=161490 How To install ELMER Multiphysics software]
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=== Links ===
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==== Links ====
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* [http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianScience DebianScience]
 
* [http://wiki.debian.net/?DebianScience DebianScience]
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* [http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=97 sourceforge] - Scientific software on sourceforge.
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* [http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=97 sourceforge] - scientific software on sourceforge  
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* [http://debianlinux.net/science.html DebianLinux.Net-Scientific Software] - Links to science software.
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* [http://freshmeat.net/browse/97/ freshmeat] - Scientific software on freshmeat.
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* [http://debianlinux.net/science.html DebianLinux.Net-Scientific Software] - links to science software
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* [http://linuxappfinder.com/category1.php?cat1=Scientific%20amp%20Engineering Linux App finder - Science/Engineering Section]
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* [http://freshmeat.net/browse/97/ freshmeat] - scientific software on freshmeat
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* [http://linuxappfinder.com/category1.php?cat1=Scientific%20amp%20Engineering Linux App finder - Science/Engineering Section]  
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* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/directory/Application_software/Scientific/ DesktopLinux.com Linux software - Science Section]
 
* [http://www.desktoplinux.com/directory/Application_software/Scientific/ DesktopLinux.com Linux software - Science Section]
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* [http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Scientific/] - scientific linux software
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* [http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Scientific/] - Scientific linux software.
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* [http://www.gnomefiles.org/category.php?cat_id=6 gnome-files - scientific software] - Scientific apps for gnome.
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* [http://www.gnomefiles.org/category.php?cat_id=6 gnome-files - scientific software] - scientific apps for gnome
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* [http://www.kde-apps.org/index.php?xcontentmode=280&PHPSESSID=24670ac4d0dfebdc067bdf158b01ac44 kde-apps.org- scientific software] - Scientific apps for kde.
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* [http://freescience.info Free Science] - Free''''''Science provides free scientific books and software.
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* [http://www.kde-apps.org/index.php?xcontentmode=280&PHPSESSID=24670ac4d0dfebdc067bdf158b01ac44 kde-apps.org- scientific software] - scientific apps for kde
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* [http://www.jlab.org/~semenov/rlinks/soft.html Physics Related Software Manuals/Links].
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* [http://www.educypedia.be/ Educypedia] - Collection of links about scientific and educational material.
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* [http://freescience.info Free Science] - Free''''''Science provides free scientific books and software
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* [http://www.openscience.org/blog/?page_id=44 The Openscience Project] - Dedicated to writing and releasing free and Open Source scientific software.
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* [http://www.open-bio.org Open Bioinformatics] - A non profit, volunteer run organization focused on supporting open source programming in bioinformatics.
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* [http://www.jlab.org/~semenov/rlinks/soft.html Physics Related Software Manuals/Links]
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* [http://sal.iatp.by/ SAL] (Scientific Applications on Linux) is a collection of information and links to software that will be of interest to scientists and engineers. Not updated since 2001.
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* [http://www.educypedia.be/ Educypedia] - collection of links about scientific and educational material.
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* [http://www.openscience.org/blog/?page_id=44 Openscience] project is dedicated to writing and releasing free and Open Source scientific software.
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* [http://scibuntu.sourceforge.net/ Scibuntu] - A script to install scientific tools.
 
* [http://scibuntu.sourceforge.net/ Scibuntu] - A script to install scientific tools.
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> Those installed by default are in Main (officially supported) Ubuntu repository. For information about the Ubuntu repositories see Repositories. Clicking on the icon next a program should take you to information about the Ubuntu package.

Astronomy

More Astronomy applications - UbuntuScience/Astronomy

Biology

More Biology applications - UbuntuScience/Biology

Biophysics

Chemistry

Earth Sciences (Geology/Geography)

Ecology and Environmental Sciences

  • Swarm - A conceptual framework for designing, describing, and conducting experiments on ABMs.
  • Repast - The Recursive Porous Agent Simulation Toolkit.
  • NetLogo - A Java-based programmable modeling environment for simulating natural and social phenomena.
  • Simile - A proprietary ($$$) System Dynamics and object-based modeling and simulation software package similar to Stella, Model Maker, Vensim, etc. It is advertised as "Visual modeling software for the earth, environmental and life sciences". A free evaluation version, which limits the size of saved models, is available.

Physics

More Physics applications - UbuntuScience/Physics

Ubuntu Packages: Science Section

7.04, 7.10, 8.04, 8.10, 9.04 .

Alternatives to Proprietary Scientific Software

See UbuntuScience/AlternativesToProprietarySoftware

Hardware

  • Labview for linux (non-free) [1]

Data acquisition

  • National Instruments GPIB drivers for linux. [2]
  • Comedi - Open source drivers, tools and libraries. comedi

Computer controlled systems

  • RTAI - Real-Time Application Interface is a hard real-time extension to the Linux kernel. [3]
  • EPICS - A set of Open Source software tools, libraries and applications to create distributed soft real-time control systems for scientific instruments such as a particle accelerators, telescopes and other large scientific experiments. [4]

Other information

Other Linux Distributions for Scientists

Unofficial Ubuntu/Debian repositories with science software

Mailing Lists about Linux and Science

Related Wiki Pages

Online Forums

Ubuntu Education & Science Forum Some forum threads

Links

取自“https://wiki.ubuntu.org.cn/index.php?title=UbuntuHelp:UbuntuScience&oldid=139497”