The Linux Team provides two options for setting up and handling machines. The details for each are explained below:
Unmanaged Self Managed (Tier 2)
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All Devices
In both cases, the Linux Team installs the following as part of a base installation:
Centrify: allows NetID logins. In most cases, you or your research lab decides who is allowed access to the machine.
Endgame: a powerful antivirus / anti-malware program that doesn’t rely on signatures.
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Please note that Endgame is required by mandate from Dr. N.K. Anand and Dean Banks on ALL machines (Linux, Windows, and Mac). |
Basic Linux command-line utilities
The gcc compiler
A base suite of software (on Workstations)
Firefox
Emacs and Vim
LibreOffice
Thunderbird
TeX Live
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Under this new policy, you will be required to submit a request with a valid, detailed justification for Tier 2 management to the Engineering IT Linux Team. Only very specific circumstances will be allowed. If your request is approved by the Linux Team, it will be forwarded to the Chief Engineering Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer of the College of Engineering for approval. Additionally, Tier 2 exceptions must now be approved by the Dean’s Office. Should your scenario be approved by all of these, you will be permitted to have a Tier 2 computer. Please note that as a result of these changes, there will be much more scrutiny regarding your reason for requesting Tier 2 management, and consequently there will be fewer Tier 2 approvals than in the past.
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