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2000-2001 System Changes



2001Jan18: System Administrator Change

Allan West moved to CLASNET, the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences computers & networking group. Until a replacement is hired, Allan can be reached for general issues through the email list system@stat.ufl.edu or for emergencies by pager at 412-4414.

2001Jan16: Upgraded Gnuplot 3.7.1

Version 3.7.1 of gnuplot function plotting software is installed. The gnuplot FAQ is available from http://www.ucc.ie/gnuplot/gnuplot-faq.html

2001Jan07: Upgraded R 1.2.0 patched

Version 1.2.0 (patched) of R statistical software is installed. R is a free, open source implementation of the S statistical programming language/environment.

2001Jan03: Upgraded Splus 6.0

Currently, Versions 3.4, Version 5.1 and Version 6.0 of Splus are installed on all systems in CLAS. Under this setup, the default (what you get if you type "Splus" on the command line) is version 5.1. To run 3.4, you can type "Splus3". To run 6.0, you can type "Splus6".
Most users can move to Splus 6.

2001Jan01: Migrated IP Addresses

In order to more fully utilize the scarce IP subnets, the stat machines' IP addresses have been moved below 128 on the 128.227.141 subnet. This will allow a possible split of subnet 141 between Griffin Floyd Hall and another CLAS building after CLAS starts providing roaming IP addresses for laptop computers.

2000Dec15: Upgraded LaTeX2HTML 99.2beta8

Version 99.2beta8 of LaTeX2HTML file conversion software is installed. LaTeX2HTML is a converter which will make LaTeX files into HTML with images of the equations. This is another alternative for people who want to post LaTeX files to the web, aside from making a Portable Document Format (PDF) file with emacs.

2000Dec04: Upgraded R 1.1.1

Version 1.1.1 of R statistical software is installed. R is a free, open source implementation of the S statistical programming language/environment.

2000Nov30: Upgraded Ox 2.20
Installed an updated version of the Ox statistical package. There was no new documentation but the version 2.00 HTML documentation is available on the web. Notes on what's new in the incremental version are also available on the web.

2000Nov29: Installed jpeg2ps

Installed jpeg2ps file translation utility. This program wraps a JPEG file in PostScript so that it can be used in a TeX file. Execute the command with the syntax:
since the program doesn't send the output to a file by default.

2000Oct04: Upgraded Backup System

Upgraded the backup system to use a six-tape DDS-4 autoloader device for full and incremental backups. The new system will allow multiple weeks of backups without human itervention.

2000Sep30: Moved Servers to Closet

All of the servers are now in the closet in 234A. This means better security, better network connections and better cooling for all of them.

2000Jul19: Upgraded R 1.1.0

Version 1.1.0 of R statistical software is installed. R is a free, open source implementation of the S statistical programming language/environment.

2000Jul18: Installed wget 1.5.3

Version 1.5.3 of GNU wget is installed.

2000Jul18: Installed Readline 4.1

Version 4.1 of GNU readline is installed.

2000Jul18: Upgraded Lynx 2.8.3

Version 2.8.3 of lynx is installed.

2000Jul05: Added Local Login Icon

The login screen now has a view of Griffin-Floyd Hall, the home of the Statistics department, as the welcoming icon.

2000Jul05: Upgraded XV 3.10a

Version 3.10a of xv is installed. The new xv handles more image file formats.

2000Jul01: Moved NIS Server

Tuna, an Ultra-5 workstation, is now the departmental NIS server. The old server, ocean, will be retired from service pending upgrade to Solaris 8.

2000Jun07: Upgraded SAS 8

Version 8.0 of SAS is installed. The new SAS is available as "sas". The older version is also available as "sas6". There is a set of online documents about the new SAS on the web at http://docs.stat.ufl.edu/sasdoc/.
Please contact system@stat.ufl.edu if you have questions about the new version.

2000Jun05: Added SHTML

Server-side includes have been added to many departmental web pages to help with consistency of header and footer information on the pages. This change has caused many pages to have a new extension, ".shtml" which will require some bookmarks to be updated.

2000May23: Moved DNS Server

Tuna, an Ultra-5 workstation, is now the departmental Domain Name Servics (DNS) server. There should be no differences in service aside from a slight increase in speed due to a faster CPU and network connection.

2000May23: Moved Web Server

Tuna, an Ultra-5 workstation, is now the departmental web server. There should be no differences in service aside from a slight increase in speed due to a faster CPU and network connection.

2000May10: Installed UPS For Network

The networking gear in the attic is now protected from surges, brownouts and power failures by an uninterruptible power supply (UPS). This should prevent transient network failures which some of the personal computers were seeing.

2000Apr05: Installed Textutils 2.0

Version 2.0 of the GNU text utilities package, is installed. The textutils package includes replacements for sveral low-level command-line programs like cat, sort, uniq and wc. The GNU versions are more flexible than the standard versions. See man pages on the new utilities for more information.

2000Mar27: Upgraded Expect 5.31

Version 5.31 of Expect, a scripting addition to tcl, is installed.

2000Mar22: Upgraded BIND 8.2.2pl5

Version 8.2.2pl5 of BIND, the internet name service daemon, is installed.

2000Mar17: Upgraded Lyx 1.1.4

Version 1.1.4 of Lyx, a WYSIWYG TeX editor, is installed.

2000Mar17: Upgraded XForms 0.89

Version 0.89 of XForms, an X graphical element package, is installed to support the new Lyx.

2000Mar16: Re-enabled Password Changing

It is again possible to change your password for your statistics account. To do so, open an xterm window and type "passwd". The new password changing system has several enhancements to make it more secure, including requiring mixed case and special (punctuation) characters. The password system will give you guidance as you choose a new password.
Because of the increased security checks, the password system has a pause after you enter a new password. Please be patient while it checks words from several dictionaries in multiple languages to prevent you picking an easily guessable password. If you have any questions about the password changing system, please contact system@stat.ufl.edu

2000Mar07: Upgraded Splus 5.1

Currently, both Version 3.4 and Version 5.1 of Splus are installed on all systems in CLAS, and Biostat. Under this setup, the default (what you get if you type "Splus" on the command line) is the new version, 5.1. To run 3.4, you can type "Splus3".
Most users should go ahead and use 5.1, however, there is a catch that you should be aware of. Splus 5.1 will read objects created by 3.4, but the converse is not true. See the earlier Splus 5.0r3 announcement for more information about the different versions. If you have any questions about any of this, please email system@stat.ufl.edu.
Version 5.1 had previously only been installed on the computational server, orca.

2000Mar07: Upgraded Emacs 20.6

Upgraded Emacs to version 20.6. The Emacs distribution includes most of the helper modes which used to be installed separately, so they should run better together. The new Emacs replaces both the older Emacs and Xemacs. Please contact system@stat.ufl.edu if you have questions about the new Emacs.

2000Feb26: Upgraded ExMH 2.1.1

Version 2.1.1 of ExMH, an email client, is installed.

2000Feb26: Upgraded Tcl and Tk 8.2.3

Version 8.2.3 of Tcl, a scripting language, and Tk, a graphical front-end, are installed. These are minor upgrades from the previous release to support the newer version of ExMH.

2000Feb21: Installed R 0.99.0a

The latest version of R (0.99.0a) has been installed on the department's UNIX servers, along with all the supported add-on packages. You can start R just by typing R at the command prompt in an xterm window.
R is a free, open source implementation of the S statistical programming language/environment. It implements almost all the functionality of S, and most of the useful add-on packages for S have been ported to R. For the most part you will not notice any difference between R and Splus for everyday usage, although there are some important differences in the bowells of the two systems (actually these differences usually favor R).
The place to look for everything you might need concerning R is the Comprehensive R Archive Network (CRAN):
2000Feb16: Upgraded Ghostscript 6.0

Version 6.0 of ghostscript, the PostScript conversion software, is installed. This should keep us current with NSF grant requirements for output formatting.

2000Feb15: Upgraded Octave 2.0.16

The latest update of Octave for unix, 2.0.16, is installed. The older version ceased to run under newer version os the Solaris operating system. The new version is only a minor upgrade, so it should be quite similar to the older version.

2000Jan19: Server Closet Finished

The new server closet in 234A is finally complete and some machines have been moved from the graduate lab to the closet. Machines in the closet will all be on an uninteruptible power supply (UPS) and have better network connections than were previously available.

Previous years' changes: [1999] [1998] [1997]


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