Grant Gustafson at math.utah.edu

Local Host Computer-Related Documents

  1. Gustafson's Emacs Mini-manual DVI ( 37K ) | LaTeX ( 24K ) | ASCII ( 21K )
  2. Link to page of old 1995-2003 information about MS-Windows 95/98, XP and Linux.

X-Server for MS-windows

  1. Cygwin home page, free software
    The best free X-windows software solution for MS-Windows is XFree86 in the cygwin distribution. Using XFree86 and secure telnet (SSH), it is possible to log into your univ account and launch X-window applications that display on your local MS-windows computer, e.g., xmaple and matlab. This solution assumes a fast 1.5mb connection. If you want a 500mb installation CD (unzip to your hard disk), then send email.
    After a cygwin installation, turn off enough XP or Vista security to make it work. Installation requires "rebaseall" which is a part of the cygwin "rebase" package. Generally, "chmod -R u=rwx,g=rw,o=r" is needed to prepare the cygwin tree for use. A basic install needs to execute a batch file for the cygwin "mount" command in order to write info to the Registry. Directory HOME must also be set as a MS environment variable. Search the web for instructions.
  2. OS-X already has a unix interface and X-windows is part of the operating system (2007).
  3. Microsoft Vista Ultimate (but not Basic or Premium) has a unix interface and X-windows is part of the operating system (2007). If you don't have it, then install the cygwin package above.
  4. MiX 95 X-Server and fonts 1997 Zip (2.72MB)
    Works with insecure telnet to link to university computers running X-windows applications. Due to secure telnet connections across campus, this software is no longer useful to make university connections.
  5. MiX 2.0 X-Server 2000 Trial Version Zip (2.70MB)
    An updated version, but it costs money.

Local Host Mini-Courses On Computer Topics

  1. Alfeld's Unix Crash Course. PS (582k)
  2. Carlson-Johnson Maple QuickTour. PS (128k)
  3. Carlson-Johnson Maple briefGuide. PS (245k)

Linux Links

  1. Sunsite linux ftp site 2008
  2. GATech sunsite mirror ftp site 2008
  3. Caldera site 2008
  4. Simtel base site 2008
  5. ZD Software library 2008
  6. CTAN TeX Archive 2008
  7. Redhat Linux Support (paid, 2008)
  8. Redhat Linux Main Page 2008
  9. mix X-windows for windows [MI/X, 2008]
  10. TuCows software site 2008
  11. Information week software site 2008
  12. C/Net download.com software site 2008

Development Files (Linux, DOS, Win)

  1. Linux 1.2.13 Dired 304 ZIP Oct 7 1996 (127k)
  2. Linux 1.2.13 Dired 305 ZIP 5 Jan 1997 (139k)
  3. Linux 2.4.18 Dired 306 ZIP 23 Jan 2003 (160k)
    Includes cygwin dired.exe for MS-win98/2000/ME/xp.
  4. Dired 307 ZIP October 2006 (140k)
    Includes Linux, Solaris, cygwin dired.exe for MS-win98/2000/ME/xp/vista.
  5. Linux 1.2.8 jgraph ZIP Sept 20 1996 (180k)
  6. xPCmouse 1.2 TSR for DOS/DOSEMU (66k)
  7. xPCmouse 1.3 TSR for DOS/DOSEMU (75k)
  8. xPCmouse 1.4 TSR for DOS/DOSEMU (75k)
  9. toclip 1.0 DOS/WIN clipboard tool Sept 1998 (21k)
  10. PI ver 50 10-June-2000 Linux/DOS (630k)
  11. PI 11-Jan-2003 Linux/Solaris/MS-win98/me/xp (670k)
  12. PI ver 51 13-Dec-2004 Linux/Solaris/MS-win98/me/xp (1.1mb)
  13. PI ver 52 10-Sep-2006 Linux/Solaris/MS-win98/me/xp (1.2mb)
  14. PI ver 52 13-Sep-2006 macOSX development (400kb)
  15. PI ver 53 15-Sep-2006 (1.3M, Tuesday, 26-Sep-2006 15:00:04 MDT)
  16. PI ver 53 17-Jan-2010 (1.3M, Sunday, 17-Jan-2010 15:24:00 MST)
  17. PI ver 54, Jan-2008 ([an error occurred while processing this directive], [an error occurred while processing this directive])
  18. 2004 linux Fedora install customizations (22k)
Mail address: 
        Grant B. Gustafson
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        Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090
Office phone: (801) 581-6879.

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