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This page lists the software tools available in Fedora Scientific, in addition to the ones available in the Fedora KDE Spin. This list is not exhaustive. To see all that are included in the spin, you can see the Kickstart file here
(Refer: Scientific_Spin)
Scientific and Numerical Computing Tools/Environments
| Name | Functionality | Homepage |
|---|---|---|
| gsl | GNU Scientific Library | http://www.gnu.org/s/gsl/ |
| maxima (with wxMaxima) | Computer Algebra System | http://maxima.sourceforge.net/ |
| GNU Octave (with QtOctave frontend) | Numerical Computation Package | http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/ |
| matplotlib | Python plotting library | http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ |
| SciPy | Scientific tools for Python | http://www.scipy.org/ |
| SpeedCrunch | Fast, high precision and powerful desktop calculator | http://speedcrunch.org/en_US/index.html |
| GNU Units | Scale converter | http://www.gnu.org/s/units/ |
| Spyder | Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment | https://www.spyder-ide.org/ |
| Root | Data Analysis | http://root.cern.ch/drupal/ |
| R (with Rkward) | Statistical Computing and Graphics | http://www.r-project.org/ |
Generic Programming and Development Tools/Libraries
| Name | Functionality | Homepage |
|---|---|---|
| C/C++ tools (gcc, autotools, flex, bison, strace,ddd, valgrind..) | Tools for C/C++ development | http://gcc.gnu.org/ and others. |
| GNU Fortran | Fortran Compiler | http://gcc.gnu.org/fortran/ |
| Java Development tools | Java compilers/interprters | http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Java |
| Eclipse IDE | IDE for C/C++/Java/PHP/Groovy.. | http://www.eclipse.org/ |
Parallel and Distributed Programming Tools/Libraries
| Name | Functionality | Homepage |
|---|---|---|
| OpenMP | Shared memory C/C++ programming | http://openmp.org/wp/ |
| OpenMPI | Open Source MPI implementation | http://www.open-mpi.org/ |
| PVM | Parallel Virtual Machine | http://www.csm.ornl.gov/pvm/ |
| Torque | Batch jobs processing/Resource manager | Homepage |
Editing, Plotting, Drawing and Visualization
| Name | Functionality | Homepage |
|---|---|---|
| Texmaker | LaTex Editor | http://www.xm1math.net/texmaker/ |
| Kile | TeX/LaTeX editor for the KDE | http://kile.sourceforge.net/ |
| Lyx | The Document Processor | http://www.lyx.org/ |
| Scribus | Layout and Publishing | http://www.scribus.net/canvas/Scribus |
| Inkscape | Vector graphics editor | http://inkscape.org/ |
| ScITE | Text Editor | http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html |
| Xfig (including programs for working with fig files) | Drawing program | http://www.xfig.org/ |
| gnuplot | Plotting Program | http://www.gnuplot.info |
| Dia | Drawing program | http://projects.gnome.org/dia/ |
| GGobi | Data Visualization | http://www.ggobi.org/ |
| G3DATA | Extracting data from graphs | http://www.frantz.fi/software/g3data.php |
| GIMP | Image processing | http://www.gimp.org/ |
| Mayavi | 3-D Visualization | http://mayavi.sourceforge.net/ |
Version Control/Backup tools and Document Managers
| Name | Functionality | Homepage |
|---|---|---|
| Git (with GUI) | Distributed Version control | http://git-scm.com/ |
| SVN (RapidSVN) | Subversion Version Control | http://rapidsvn.tigris.org/ |
| Mercurial | Mercurial Version Control system | http://mercurial.selenic.com/ |
| backintime(with GUI) | Backup tool | http://backintime.le-web.org/ |
| pdfshuffler | PDF manager | Homepage |
| BibTool | Bibliography manager | Homepage |
Miscellaneous
| Name | Functionality | Homepage |
|---|---|---|
| hevea | LaTex to HTML translator | http://hevea.inria.fr/ |
| IPython (including IPython notebook) | Productive Interactive Computing | http://ipython.org/ |
| GNU Screen | Terminal Multiplexer | http://www.gnu.org/s/screen/ |