2024 Standard Software for Bucknell-owned Computers

2024 Windows Standard Configuration

NOTE: This is the standard software installed on faculty and staff Windows desktops and laptops.

Operating System: Windows 11 64-bit

Unsupported 16-bit applications may no longer work on a 64-bit environment.

Pre-Installed Software

This software is already installed on all desktop and laptop Windows computers.

  • Adobe CC Creative Cloud
  • Chrome current
  • Firefox current
  • Google Drive for Desktop
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Microsoft Office
    • Word
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint
    • Publisher
  • PDF-XChange
  • Zoom Desktop

Additional Site-Licensed Software - Self Install (Faculty and Staff computers)

  • Adobe
    • Acrobat
    • Dreamweaver
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Photoshop
  • ChemOffice
  • ArcGIS
  • JMP Pro
  • Matlab
  • Mathematica
  • Microsoft Office
    • Project
    • Visio
  • Minitab
  • NVivo
  • SigmaPlot
  • SPSS (faculty only)
  • Stata SE
  • TextPad
  • X-Manager Enterprise
  • SAS (faculty only)

Additional software with limited licensing may be available for specific individuals, departments, depending on license availability.

2024 Mac Standard Configuration

NOTE: This is the standard software installed on faculty and staff Mac desktops and laptops.

Operating System: Mac Operating System version is dependent on the version shipped on the Macs.

Pre-Installed Software

This software is already installed on all desktop and laptop Mac computers.

  • Adobe CC Creative Cloud
  • Chrome current
  • Firefox current
  • Google Drive for Desktop
  • Microsoft Office
    • Word
    • Excel
    • PowerPoint
  • Safari current
  • Zoom Desktop

Additional Site-Licensed Software - Self Install (Faculty and Staff computers)

  • Adobe
    • Acrobat
    • Dreamweaver
    • Illustrator
    • InDesign
    • Photoshop
  • ChemOffice
  • Matlab
  • Mathematica
  • SPSS
  • Stata SE

Additional software with limited licensing may be available for specific individuals, departments, depending on license availability.

2024 Linux Standard Configuration

Operating System: Rocky Linux 8 (EL8)

Listed below are the "major" software packages.  There are numerous other software titles installed on Linux systems.  If you have a question about a specific package, please email ecst@bucknell.edu.

Pre-Installed Software

  • Firefox
  • GNU Compilers (gcc/g++)
  • Google Chrome
  • TeX Live
  • LibreOffice
  • Anaconda Python 3.x

Software Available for Install

  • COMSOL Multiphysics
  • IDL
  • Mathematica
  • Matlab

Additional software with limited licensing may be available for specific individuals, departments, depending on license availability.

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