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Adobe Acrobat
Adobe Acrobat is a program published by Adobe to read, create, and edit Portable Document Format (PDF) files. PDF files were developed by Adobe to be a file type that is not only more secure than a typical document but also would appear the same on any platform or screen. Acrobat can be purchased from DECS. There is also a free version of Acrobat called Adobe Reader that can only read PDF files.
Adobe Connect
Adobe Connect is software that allows for complete web conferencing, online presentations, user desktop sharing, and more. It is an innovative tool that can be used for broadcasting both video and audio, sharing documents, and recording meetings.
Adobe Reader
Adobe Reader, published by Adobe, is used to read Portable Document Format (PDF) files. The PDF standard is more secure than a typical document and appears consistent across all platforms. Adobe Reader is free and can be downloaded from Adobe's web site.
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox is a free, open-source web browser for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X; it is based on the Mozilla codebase. Firefox is fast, easy to use, and offers many advantages over Internet Explorer. Read more about the browser at the Firefox Features Page.
Mozilla Thunderbird
Thunderbird is a free and open source mail client published by Mozilla. Thunderbird has many features that make it easier and more convenient to use including message tagging and advanced search and view options. Thunderbird also comes with many security features to protect your privacy and your computer. Thunderbird is available on all of the DECS lab computers and can also be install on your computer by the DECS Support Office free of charge.
Procmail e-mail filter
Procmail is a program available on the Engineering E-mail server that allows simple or sophisticated E-mail filtering without the need to setup E-mail filters in every separate E-mail client. Procmail can be used to filter specific senders or mailing lists to a mail folder, or even directly to Trash or be deleted immediately. Procmail can be used to automatically filter E-mail on the server side for the benefit of E-mail clients that do not contain their own filtering solution, or to provide consistent filtering no matter what E-mail client is used.
Screen
Screen is a full-screen window manager that a user to run multiple windows thru a single session on a server. It also allows a user to disconnect from a running process and return later to reconnect to the same process.