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C:\
disk. You may want to check the free space available on C:\
from time to time (remembering that you need enough space there for the system, system updates, what you store on your desktop, etc…)C:\Utils\
directory where you can put these applicationsC:\Utils\
Once you have installed FF and/or TB, you should follow the instructions for moving and restoring FF and TB. You should probably even read these before moving to a new computer, if you want to restore the FF and TB settings you had on the previous computer
Install Chrome if you think that you may need an extra browser (besides the builtin Edge and the preinstalled Firefox) to test the content of some web pages or to use some videoconferencing software
Notepad++ is a free source code editor and Notepad replacement that supports several languages
sftp
transfer) by using the NppFTP pluginemacs
for working with remote files with the /user@server:/path/file
syntax (but NPP is easier to install…)The editors listed below go from the simplest to the most powerful (but harder to use)
French : Outil Capture d'écran
For simple screenshots and/or annotating images, you can launch the preinstalled Snip & Sketch (Capture d'écran et croquis) tool from the Start menu
Win
+ Shift
+ S
Autodesk SketchBook was bundled for free with Windows 10 till ~June 2021, and can now be bought from the Microsoft Store as Sketchbook Pro…
Sketchbook Pro can be used for freehand drawing (especially if you have a tablet or touch screen)
JYP recommends using XnView Classic rather than MP, because of the very useful slideshow feature of the Classic version
XnView Classic is an efficient image viewer, browser and converter for Windows. This software is really simple to use and totally free for personal use. It supports more than 500 image formats
Download page (the Standard installer should be enough)
Paint.NET is an image and photo editing software for PCs that run Windows. It features an intuitive and innovative user interface with support for layers, unlimited undo, special effects, and a wide variety of useful and powerful tools.
ImageJ is a public domain Java image processing program, that may have some features not available in the other bitmap editors
C:\Utils
directory (if it does not exist yet), and extract the ImageJ
directory thereImageJ.exe
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.4\bin\
directory and select the javaw.exe
executableImageJ\ImageJ.cfg
configuration file if you update Java later, or if you need to reset the ImageJ configuration
GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, macOS, Windows and more operating systems. It is free software, you can change its source code and distribute your changes.
Whether you are a graphic designer, photographer, illustrator, or scientist, GIMP provides you with sophisticated tools to get your job done. You can further enhance your productivity with GIMP thanks to many customization options and 3rd party plugins
Inkscape is a Free and open source vector graphics editor for GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS.
It offers a rich set of features and is widely used for both artistic and technical illustrations such as cartoons, clip art, logos, typography, diagramming and flowcharting. It uses vector graphics to allow for sharp printouts and renderings at unlimited resolution and is not bound to a fixed number of pixels like raster graphics.
.svg
format as well as .pdf
, when possible.The following applications allow you to visualize NetCDF files without using a programming language (and probably more). You can of course also use Python
NASA GISS Panoply plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Panoply is a cross-platform application that runs on Macintosh, Windows, Linux and other desktop computers.
C:\Utils
directory (if it does not exist yet), and extract the PanoplyWin-version
directory therePanoply.exe
and try to open an existing NetCDF fileNCAR Vapor is the Visualization and Analysis Platform for Ocean, Atmosphere, and Solar Researchers. It provides an interactive 3D visualization environment that can produce animations and still frame images, and runs on Windows, OSX, Ubuntu, and CentOS.
ParaView is an open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application.
ParaView users can quickly build visualizations to analyze their data using qualitative and quantitative techniques. The data exploration can be done interactively in 3D or programmatically using ParaView’s batch processing capabilities.
You probably think that just copying a folder from time to time with a drag 'n drop is enough, but this becomes difficult to manage when the folder size grows and you have several folders to manage
There are several types of backup (mirror, incremental or differential imaging, cloning, 2 way synchronization, etc…) of different sources (full disks, partitions, directories, …) to/from different destinations (external disk, cloud, …)
Our basic need is to mirror one source directory on a local disk to a destination directory on an external disk (check the users' manuals if you need more features). This can be easily done with SyncBack
Note: List of backup software (wikipedia)
ownCloud Desktop Client enables you to connect folders on your desktop to your corporate ownCloud Server. With it you can create folders, organize your local ownCloud directory, and keep the contents of your local directory synced with your ownCloud server. Anything shared with you will also appear in your home directory on your desktop, and changes will be automatically synced.
ownCloud is compatible with:
You can use the SyncBack family of products to backup, synchronize, and restore data files.
The SyncBackFree version should be enough for easily mirroring directories, or groups of directory to an external disk, but you can compare the features available in SyncBackPro, SyncBackSE and SyncBackFree: summary comparison and full comparison.
It is very important to backup your work regularly. Check the Using SyncBack page for more details.
Macrium Reflect is image based backup and cloning software. Macrium Reflect creates an accurate and reliable image of a hard disk or the partitions on the disk. In the event of a partial or complete system loss, you can use this image to restore the entire disk, one or more partitions, or even individual files and folders.
The Free Edition can be used for imaging or cloning a full disk
rsync
is a convenient Linux command that can be used for mirroring a directory hierarchy to another location on the same computer (e.g. a removable disk) or a remote server. It can also be used on a Windows 10 computer where WSL + Ubuntu is installed! On Windows, it is easier to use the mirroring option of SyncBack.
Mirroring means in the rsync
case that we will only copy new or changed files. The first copy may take some time, but will be much faster afterwards, when only a few files have been created/changed and have to be copied. Or, if a copy is interrupted, the files already copied will not be copied a second time.
Warning! It is easy to lose files with rsync
if you use the wrong syntax or options!
Mirroring no files by mistake, to a place where there are files, with the --delete
option, means that existing files or whole directory hierarchies will be deleted!
--dry-run
(simulate what would be done) and -v
(verbose) before performing an actual synchronization/
or not behind a directory name makes a difference!
Use man rsync
for more options and details…
Use man rync
for more details and options
-a, --archive archive mode; equals -rlptgoD (no -H,-A,-X) -r, --recursive recurse into directories -l, --links copy symlinks as symlinks -p, --perms preserve permissions -t, --times preserve modification times -g, --group preserve group -o, --owner preserve owner (super-user only) --devices preserve device files (super-user only) --specials preserve special files -D same as --devices --specials -v, --verbose increase verbosity -z, --compress compress file data during the transfer -W, --whole-file copy files whole (w/o delta-xfer algorithm) -C, --cvs-exclude auto-ignore files in the same way CVS does RCS SCCS CVS CVS.adm RCSLOG cvslog.* tags TAGS .make.state .nse_depinfo *~ #* .#* ,* _$* *$ *.old *.bak *.BAK *.orig *.rej .del-* *.a *.olb *.o *.obj *.so *.exe *.Z *.elc *.ln core .svn/ .git/ .hg/ .bzr/ --delete delete extraneous files from dest dirs -n, --dry-run perform a trial run with no changes made -c, --checksum skip based on checksum, not mod-time & size
/mnt/h/test/
directory that we would like to mirror to another disk or destination, as /mnt/i/test/
.test/
to a test/
directory somewhere else /
after the source directory, and NO /
after the destination directoryrsync --dry-run -avW -C /mnt/h/test/ /mnt/i/test
-C
makes sure that files and directories considered as temporary will not be copied.-C
option if you really want to copy all the files!rsync --dry-run -aW -C /mnt/h/test/ /mnt/i/test
rsync -aW -C /mnt/h/test/ /mnt/i/test
--delete
option will make sure that files present in the destination directory, but not in the source directory will be deleted! Be careful, make some tests and use the --dry-run
option before using thisrsync -aW -C --delete /mnt/h/test/ /mnt/i/test
Windows Terminal is a powerful and configurable interface that can be used to open Powershell
,cmd
and WSL
windows
Terminal
can be found in Start
⇒Terminal
Terminal
can also be used to open a local Linux terminal, when Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is installed and configuredPuTTY
, once we can configure the mouse buttons to replicate selection/copy/paste (Feature request: add xterm-style select/copy/paste options)PuTTY is a free implementation of SSH and Telnet for Windows and Unix platforms, along with an xterm terminal emulator.
In other words, PuTTY is an easy to use ssh client for Windows that will allow you to connect to the LSCE servers with a very efficient text terminal
If you are in a hurry and PuTTY is not installed yet, you can directly use the ssh
provided with Windows 10!
ssh user@server
ssh user@server
to connect to the serverRead the Installing and configuring PuTTY page to learn the best way to use PuTTY (and VcXsrv if you have to display remote graphical windows)
You should probably also have a look at the understanding and using ssh correctly page, if you want to understand basic ssh options, and how PuTTY and VcXsrv interact
Check the VcXrv installation and configuration section on the WSL+Ubuntu page
If you have not installed PuTTY yet, do it before installing WinSCP
When the installer asks which Installation type you want, select the Custom Installation and unselect Pageant and PuTTYgen in the Components options screen
WinSCP is a popular SFTP client and FTP client for Microsoft Windows! Copy file between a local computer and remote servers using FTP, FTPS, SCP, SFTP, WebDAV or S3 file transfer protocols.
WinSCP
will automatically use the private ssh key stored in Pageant
(installed with PuTTY
) for authentication, if Pageant
is running and configured properlyWinSCP
to transfer files between your computer and ssh1 when you are outside LSCE.Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share research
Publish or Perish is designed to help individual academics to present their case for research impact to its best advantage, even if you have very few citations
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio
Supported formats:
Depending on which kind of data, you can install a Python distribution either directly in Windows, or in the Linux section (WSL + Ubuntu or some other Linux flavor) of the computer
CDAT is a Python distribution for the climate scientist. It can only be installed in the WSL+Ubuntu part of a Win10 computer. Check the installation instructions for 8.1 (or later)
The Anaconda Python distribution can be installed either directly in Win10, or in the WSL+Ubuntu part of Win10. CDAT (above) uses Anaconda for its installation
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The Enthought Canopy Python distribution can be installed either directly in Win10, or in the WSL+Ubuntu part of Win10.
Check the WSL page if you want to run Ubuntu (or another Linux) on your Win10 computer!!
You only need to install the JDK
if other applications (e.g Panoply, ImageJ) need it
17.0.4
in July 2022)Samsung Smart Switch seamlessly transfers contacts, photos, music, videos, messages, notes, calendars and more to virtually any Samsung Galaxy device.
SideSync is a new PC-Mobile solution that enables screens, windows, and data to be shared easily. Share between a PC and a Galaxy smartphone, or between a Galaxy Tab and Galaxy smartphone