Labs and Software

The Computer Science Department maintains several open computer labs and closed labs for class.

The open computer lab is in CS-200.

Additionally, there are three Student Genius CenterOpens in new window located on the 1st, 2nd and 4th floors of the Pollak Library. This lab contains computers running the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. For more information about the Information & Learning Commons computer labs, drop by or call the Student Genius Center at (657) 278-8203.

ECS Open Lab Hours

CS 200/202 is open:

  • Mondays – Thursdays 10:00am – 7:00pm
  • Fridays 10:00am – 5:00pm

 

Computer Account

A (Linux) shell server is available through secure shell (ssh) and secure file transfer protocol (sftp). The hostname is ecs.fullerton.edu. If your email address is taylor@csu.fullerton.edu then your username is taylor. If you are using a command-line ssh client, then your command to connect to ecs.fullerton.edu will be 'ssh taylor@ecs.fullerton.edu.' Your password is the same password as your CSUF Portal password.

*Faculty members can login in as well if you specify your Active Directory domain. For example, if your email address is kai@fullerton.edu, then your username is 'AD\kai; thus the command will be 'ssh 'AD\kai@ecs.fullerton.edu.'

Software

The Computer Science Department maintains the licenses for following software for class usages through the Academic Alliance Program:

  • Microsoft Windows 11 / Ubuntu 24.04.01 / MacOS: Sonoma
  • Software list in labs
    Name of Software
    Department
    Vendor Contact
    PC/Mac
    Visual Studio
    CS
    microsoft.com
    PC
    Android Studio
    CS
    developer.android.com/studio
    PC/Mac
    Atom
    CS
    atom.io
    PC/Mac
    DrRacket
    CS
    racket-lang.org
    PC/Mac
    Unity
    CS
    unity.com
    PC/Mac
    Unreal Engine
    CS
    unrealengine.com
    PC/Mac
    GitKraken
    CS
    gitkraken.com
    PC/Mac
    Maya
    CS
    autodesk.com
    Mac
    XQuartz
    CS
    xquartz.org
    Mac
    xCode
    CS
    apple.com
    Mac
    pyCharm
    CS
    jetbrains.com/pycharm
    Mac
    Mathemaica
    CS
    wolfram.com/mathematica
    PC/Mac
    Python
    CS
    python.org
    PC/Mac
    XMing
    CS
    sourceforge.net/projects/xming
    PC
    Wireshark
    CS
    wireshark.org
    PC/Mac
    VirtualBox
    CS
    virtualbox.org
    PC/Mac
    Docker
    CS
    docker.com
    PC/Mac
    Git
    CS
    git-scm.com
    PC/Mac
    IrfanView
    CS
    irfanview.com
    PC
    Notepad++
    CS
    notepad-plus-plus.org
    PC/Mac
    Putty
    CS
    putty.org
    PC/Mac
    WinSCP
    CS
    winscp.net
    PC/Mac
    Apache Netbeans
    CS
    apache.org
    PC/Mac
    Eclipse
    CS
    eclipse.org
    PC/Mac
    7-zip
    CS
    7-zip.org
    PC/Mac
    GNS3
    CS
    gns3.com
    PC/Mac

     

Requesting Azure Development Tools

Students interested in using Microsoft® development tools may request Azure development tools at https://azureforeducation.microsoft.com/devtools/.

A student may, at no monetary cost, download full featured versions of Microsoft Visual Studio.

 Additionally, students may enroll themselves in the following: IBM Academic Initiative & Oracle Academy

Tuffix: Tuffy the Titan’s Linux distribution

 

Students enrolled in CSPC 120, CPSC 121, and CPSC 131 are recommended to use the Computer Science Department’s official GNU/Linux development environment, Tuffix. Tuffix is Tuffy the Titan’s Linux distribution.

Instructions on how to install Tuffix or a Tuffix based VM are online at tuffixinstall. The Tuffix Titanium Community for Students, https://communities.fullerton.edu/course/view.php?id=1547 is the best venue to receive help with Tuffix.

Students may self-enroll in the community; first login to your portal, then navigate to Titanium communities, next under the dashboard to the left–click Site home, then click Search Courses on the right, search for ‘Tuffix’, in the results click Tuffix Students, under the gear in the upper right select Enrol me in this course, finally click on the button Enrol me. You may unenroll at any time.

The Tuffix home page is https://github.com/kevinwortman/tuffix. Instructors are encouraged to join the Tuffix Titanium Community for Instructors. Please contact Kevin Wortman for access.

Apple XCode

Students interested in using Apple® development tools can freely download Xcode through the App Store application bundled with macOS. Students may download Xcode directly from https://developer.apple.com/xcode/.