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 PackageStatusDate installedInstall ToolNotes
1Linuxrequired7/13/2018 and 8/28/2018pxe bootBasic CLI
2X11required7/17/2018 and 9/28/2018note 1 belowX11+gnome+gazillion dependencies
3window managerrequired7/17/2018 and 9/28/2018"gnome based - working on conf file
4desktoprequired7/17/2018 and 9/28/2018"(various convenience apps)
5chef-clientrequired11/13/2018(installed by KSA)Needed for installing YFS
6Windows Active Directory   new authentication model (old=kerberos)
7printingrequired[10/4/2018]sudo system-config-printerPrinting will be via Windows AD IP based printing. In the meantime, configure locally using built-in printing system. Configure B048F2COPIER as a generic postscript printer. This probably needs to be rethought. A better fix involves downloading "BrightQ" Canon drivers from codehost.com. Their drivers come with instructions.
8YFSrequired11/14/2018chef-client -o slac_yfs-clientAuristor's YFS (AFS) client. Use "kinit [<userID>]" followed by "aklog" to get a token
9emacsrequired7/19/2018 and 9/28/2018gnome-software 
10

chrome

required9/28/2018d/l + yum install 
11thunderbirdrequired7/19/2018 and 9/28/2018gnome-software 
12NXrequired9/28/2018d/l + yum install

NoMachine client for use with NERSC

$ sudo rpm -i <nomachine...rpm>

or

$ sudo yum localinstall <nomachine...rpm>

13citrix client   TESTING INC0211099 not sure if it will work
14fastxrequired9/28/2018d/l + tar -xvf

https connection fails, but ssh connection works. KSA has opened ticket with vendor

15slackrequired9/28/2018d/l + yum install$ sudo yum localinstall <slack...rpm>
16zoomrequired9/28/2018d/l + yum install(implies support for microphone, camera and speakers)
17LibreOfficerequired7/19/2018 and 9/28/2018gnome-softwarecalc,writer,base,draw,impress,CAD
18python v3required9/28/2018yum install 
19sshfsrequired12/19/2018

yum install

sudo yum install fuse-sshfs
commands include: sshfs, fusermount
20dev tools (gcc)required9/28/2018yum installsudo yum group install 'Development Tools'
21filezillarequired10/1/2018gnome-softwareGUI file transfer between comet2 and SLAC servers
22Ksnapshotrequired10/1/2018gnome-softwarescreen shot utility
23DbVis   required4/8/2019yum install$ sudo yum localinstall dbvis_linux_10_0_18.rpm
https://www.dbvis.com/download/10.0
download RPMneeded by Fermi/LSST app developers
24NetBeans   needed by Fermi/LSST app developers
25LSF clientconvenient10/25/2018requires slac_yfs-client

requires desktop is in the lsf configuration file and allowed to run batch commands,

if desktop name is not in LSF configuration, start a service now ticket to request addition

Needs YFS to do run command a link for /etc/lsf.conf  (likely a cookbook configured setting?)

26VPNrequired11/14/2018download

Must download from a current Cisco AnyConnect customer (question), e.g., NCSA

or SLAC (How to Connect to SLAC VPN)

27clamavnot needed sudo yum install clamavAnti-virus (needed to access SLAC VPN, but not necessary on machine connected to internal network)
28media codecsvery strongly desired12/14/2018Many steps -->Followed numerous "sudo yum install ..." commands from https://wiki.centos.org/TipsAndTricks/MultimediaOnCentOS7
29htopvery strongly desired12/14/2018yum install htopin EPEL
30gimpelective12/17/2018desktop installerGnome installer accessed through the Window Manager menu: Applications -> System Tools -> Application Installer
31code42required112/20/2018(via SU web)Stanford supported disk backup (for local files)
https://stanford.app.box.com/v/SU-SemiCustomized-CPPe-Install
32nVidia driver/dashboardprobably not needed----Needed to run dual monitors. On comet2, two (DVI) monitors connected to the two displayPorts on the Quadro 2000 board work just fine with the built-in (nouveau) driver seems to work fine.
33GTK+ v3elective1/23/2019via KSAneeded to build galculator. (Also: gnome-software as gtk3-devel-3.22.20-3.el7)
34galculatorelective1/24/2019d/l from web and buildOne of the few decent RPN calculator apps available for linux
35Javarequired  Needed for Cisco VPN and other apps.
36hdparmelective yum install hdparm

Useful HDD/SSD information:

$ lsblk

$ sudo hdparm -I /dev/sda1

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