Zentrum f. Europ. Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH

Economic Research

Zentrum f. Europ. Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH uses Linux for the following functions:

• X-Windows:

  • X-Windows terminal (display, keyboard, mouse -- applications run elsewhere)
  • X-Windows server (runs applications, possibly exports display)

• Network file server:

  • NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.

• Print server:

  • Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)

• Office productivity software:

  • Document preparation with TeX, LaTeX and derivatives.
  • Other document management.

• Internet client software - WWW

  • NetScape Navigator.
  • Lynx.

• Internet client software - mail

  • Pine.
  • Netscape's mail client.

• Electronic mail server:

  • POP-3 server.
  • SMTP server (sendmail, others).
  • SMTP mail router.

• Network services provided to local users:

  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.

• Software development tools:

  • Perl
  • Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.

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