To access Linux from a personal computer the program FastX must be used. Off campus you will need to first connect using the campus VPN. The VPN can be downloaded VPN at Charlotte and an article on setting it up for the first time is VPN Setup. Use the table below to download and install FastX.
| Operating System | Download Software |
|---|---|
| Windows | FastX for Windows |
| OSX | FastX for OSX |
| Linux | FastX for Linux |
Our Linux server pool consists of a number of very high end servers with many CPU cores and a large memory footprint. These Linux servers are available for all engineering students, faculty and staff to use from anywhere on campus or remotely via the campus VPN.
| Server Name | OS | CPU | Cores | Threads | Memory | Graphics Card |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| engr-lcs1.uncc.edu | RHEL 8 | AMD | 64 | 128 | 1TB | NVIDIA Quadro |
| engr-lcs2.uncc.edu | RHEL 8 | AMD | 64 | 128 | 1TB | NVIDIA Tesla |
| engr-lcs3.uncc.edu | Ubuntu 20.04 | AMD | 64 | 128 | 1TB | NVIDIA Quadro |
| engr-lcs4.uncc.edu | Ubuntu 20.04 | AMD | 64 | 128 | 1TB | NVIDIA Quadro |
| engr-lcs5.uncc.edu | RHEL 8 | Intel | 20 | 40 | 128 GB | 4 x NVIDIA Quadro |
| engr-lcs6.uncc.edu | RHEL 8 | Intel | 20 | 40 | 128 GB | 4 x NVIDIA Quadro |
| engr-lcs7.uncc.edu | Ubuntu 22.04 | Intel | 20 | 40 | 128 GB | 4 x NVIDIA Quadro |
| engr-lcs8.uncc.edu | Ubuntu 22.04 | Intel | 20 | 40 | 128 GB | 4 x NVIDIA Quadro |
Applications available to be installed upon request on Linux desktops.
| Make | Title |
|---|---|
| Dassault | ABAQUS |
| Agilent | Agilent ADS |
| Agilent | Agilent ICCAP |
| Beta | ANSA |
| ANSYS | ANSYS |
| ANSYS | ANSYS CFX |
| ANSYS | ANSYS HFSS |
| COMSOL | COMSOL Multiphysics |
| GNU | EMACS |
| Mozilla | Firefox |
| GNU | GCC |
| Gnuplot | Gnuplot |
| Inkscape | Inkscape |
| Oracle | Java SDK |
| Oracle | JVM |
| NI | Labview |
| The Document Foundation | LibreOffice |
| LSTC | LS-Dyna |
| Maplesoft | Maple |
| Mathworks | Matlab |
| Mozilla | Thunderbird |
| GNU | Nano |
| GNU | Octave |
| Larry Wall | Perl |
| Python Software Foundation | Python |
| GNU | R |
| Siemens | STAR-CCM+ |
| TCL | TCL |
| Tecplot | Tecplot |
| GIMP | GIMP |
| Vim | Vim |
| ISE | Xilinix Webpack |
| GNU | Okular |
| Starnet | FastX (v3 & v4) |
| Grace | xmgrace |
| Chrome | |
| VideoLAN | VLC |
University Research Computing (URC) is one of several support groups within OneIT. The mission of this organization is to support the unique computing needs of UNC Charlotte’s community of researchers, including students by developing shared computing facilities and offering specialized services that would be difficult for individual research groups or departments to provide internally.