About the Unix Lab

The Unix lab is situated in Delta 158. It is set up so that at any given time, it could be partitioned to hold a class of up to 32 workstations. The lab has been upgraded with latest and faster processing machines with Ubuntu . Not only that, the lab has eight Intel-based iMac computers.

Facilities Available in Lab

We have 24 Gateway Workstations in Unix lab. All Gateway machines have Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit operating systems installed on them. The lab also comes equipped with a printer: HP LaserJet 8000N.

Hardware Details

• Intel Pentium 4 Processor CPU 3.20 GHZ
• Frequency 3199.866 MHZ
• 1024 KB L2 cache
• DVDROM
• 17" monitor

Softwares Available

• C & CPP
• Java with Netbeans & Eclipse
• mySQL workbench
• Python
• NASM
• Perl
• LISP
• PROLOG
• TCL
• Tk Tool
• Putty
• CUPS (printing system)
• Tree (list directories in tree format)
• Unrar(zip and unzip rar files)
• gedit, Jedit and Emacs editor(text editors)
• Shutter(Snipping Tool)
• Nautilus plug-ins for opening terminals
• Brasero(CD Burning tool)
• gimp(Image editor)

We also have 8 Apple iMac Machines available on this lab.

Where can I get help for the Unix lab?

The unix lab has its own FAQ. Questions outside of the Unix FAQ's scope should be directed to Krishani Abeysekera.