Texas Tech University Department of Physics



Company name:	Texas Tech University Department of Physics
Contact:	Lee Burnside
Phone:	806-742-3706
Fax:	806-742-1182
E-Mail:	burnside@ttu.edu
WWW URL:	http://www.phys.ttu.edu/

We have a fully-accredited program in Physics providing BS, MS, PhD degrees in Physics, Engineering Physics and Applied Physics, with over $5M (US) in external funding. Areas of research include Solid State physics, High Energy physics, Atomic, Molecular and Optical physics, Materials physics and Non-linear systems.



Texas Tech University Department of Physics 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:
  • Samba server for a network of PCs.
  • NFS server for other PCs and Unix systems.
  • File server for other types of clients.
• Print server:
  • Print spooler using lpd (Unix, NFS clients)
  • Print spooler using samba (PC clients)
• Office productivity software:
  • Document preparation with WordPerfect.
  • Document preparation with ApplixWare.
  • Document preparation with LyX.
  • Document preparation with TeX, LaTeX and derivatives.
  • Document preparation with TROFF, NROFF, GROFF or derivatives.
  • Spreadsheets created with Wingz.
  • Spreadsheets created with OLEO.
  • Other document management.
• Internet client software - WWW
  • NetScape Navigator.
  • Lynx.
  • Arena.
  • Other browsers.
• Internet client software - mail
  • Pine.
  • Elm.
  • Mail.
  • Netscape's mail client.
  • Other mail clients.
• Network management:
  • NIS server.
• Electronic mail server:
  • POP-3 server.
  • IMAP server.
  • SMTP server (sendmail, others).
  • SMTP mail router.
• Network services provided to local users:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Services finger requests.
  • Other services.
• Network services provided to remote users over dial-up or the Internet:
  • HTTP (World-Wide Web) server or cache.
  • ``Regular'' (user-ID and password required) ftp server.
  • Anonymous ftp server.
  • Accepts telnet connections.
  • Accepts secure-shell (ssh) connections.
  • Other services.
• Software development tools:
  • C and/or C++
  • Java
  • Perl
  • Tcl/Tk
  • Bourne, Korn, C or another shell; using sed, awk, grep and similar tools.
  • Fortran
  • Pascal
  • BASIC
  • Others.

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