UNIX at the Department of Geosciences

We use UNIX machines both as servers and workstations at the department, primarily Sun/Solaris at the Geologi building, Tru64 at the Math building and Linux at both locations. The other desktop OS is windows.

Scientific programs

In addition to a host of standard scientific tools like Matlab, Femlab and Splus
we offer these geo-specific packages:

• The Geoframe reservoir characterization system
• The Gamma software Radar remote sensing software package
• The BMT package for basin modelling
• The GMT collection of mapping tools
• The Landmark Openworks Promax package for seismic processing
• The Seismic Un*x seismic processing package
• Norsar2d/3d seismic modelling
• The ZEH plotting package
• External link: ESRI GIS programs
• External link: Erdas Imagine

External links UNIX for nybegynnere (USITs guide) (in Norwegian) The USITs Linux site (in Norwegian) The USITs Sun Solaris site (in Norwegian) How to connect to UiO via VPN

Documents

• Unix office support applications at the Geologi building
• UNIX/Linux setup
• The UNIX machines at the Geologi building
• FTP
• How to publish files on the web
• Log on to UNIX from PC: Text-only programs: SSH
• Log on to UNIX from PC: Graphical programs: X-Win32
• How to avoid Solaris CDE locking problems
• How to buy a linux or windows PC
• How to connect to UiO UNIX machine from non-uio windows machine
• Useful commands:
  • scp, ssh and other security-related commands
  • Kommandoen "nice" (in Norwegian)
  • Kommandoen "nohup" (in Norwegian)
  • Bruk av "tar" (in Norwegian)
  • Bruk av "sed" (in Norwegian)