Results of

Survey on computer tools at IAP for scientific usage (2007)

RespondantsNumberPercent
Faculty 36 53
Doctoral student 14 21
Postdoc 7 10
Engineer 5 7
unknown 4 6
Visitor 1 1
Visiting student 1 1
Total 68100
Desktop OSNumberPercent
Linux 58 85
Windows 4 6
Mac OSX 3 4
Windows-Cygwin 1 1
UNIX 1 1
Mac OS9 1 1
Total 68100
Laptop OSNumberPercent
Mac OSX 21 34
Windows 20 33
Linux 15 25
Windows-Cygwin 5 8
Total 61100
Laptop MakeNumberPercent
Dell 25 41
Apple 21 34
other 3 5
Toshiba 2 3
SONY 2 3
IBM 2 3
Compaq 2 3
Acer 2 3
NEC 1 2
HP 1 2
Total 61100
Desktop KeyboardNumberPercent
QWERTY 60 88
AZERTY 7 10
QWERTY+AZERTY 1 1
Total 68100
Laptop KeyboardNumberPercent
AZERTY 30 50
QWERTY 28 47
QWERTZ 2 3
Total 60100
Desktop window managerNumberPercent
fvwm2 36 54
KWin 9 13
windows 5 7
fvwm 4 6
Sawfish 3 4
quartz 2 3
other 2 3
Window Maker 2 3
mwm 1 1
Metacity 1 1
MacFinder 9 1 1
IceWM 1 1
Total 67100
Laptop window managerNumberPercent
windows 23 39
quartz 18 31
KWin 7 12
Metacity 4 7
fvwm2 2 3
Enlightment 2 3
other 1 2
Window Maker 1 2
IceWM 1 2
Total 59100
Laptop Linux window managerNumberPercent
KWin 7 47
Metacity 4 27
Enlightment 2 13
other 1 7
IceWM 1 7
Total 15100
Laptop Windows-Cygwin window managerNumberPercent
windows 3 60
fvwm2 1 20
Window Maker 1 20
Total 5100
Laptop Mac OSX window managerNumberPercent
quartz 18 95
fvwm2 1 5
Total 19100
Desktop editorNumberPercent
emacs 40 59
xemacs 9 13
xedit 5 7
vim 3 4
Word 3 4
vi 1 1
other 1 1
nedit 1 1
kate 1 1
gedit 1 1
WinEdt 1 1
KWrite 1 1
BBEdit Lite 1 1
Total 68100
Laptop editorNumberPercent
Word 20 34
emacs 19 32
xemacs 4 7
vim 3 5
WinEdt 3 5
TextEdit 3 5
other 1 2
nedit 1 2
gedit 1 2
aquamacs 1 2
alpha 1 2
TextWrangler 1 2
KWrite 1 2
Total 59100
Desktop shell (Linux/MacOSX/Cygwin/UNIX)NumberPercent
tcsh 48 75
csh 7 11
bash 7 11
no shell 2 3
Total 64100
Laptop shell (Linux/MacOSX/Cygwin/UNIX)NumberPercent
tcsh 20 49
bash 16 39
no shell 2 5
csh 2 5
ksh 1 2
Total 41100
Desktop Primary programming languageNumberPercent
Fortran 77 17 26
IDL 12 18
C 12 18
Fortran 90 7 11
Mathematica 5 8
yorick 3 5
C++ 3 5
perl 2 3
ifort 2 3
SM 2 3
Fortran 95 1 2
Total 66100
Laptop Primary programming languageNumberPercent
IDL 10 21
C 10 21
Fortran 77 9 19
Mathematica 5 10
C++ 3 6
ifort 2 4
SM 2 4
Fortran 90 2 4
Excel 2 4
yorick 1 2
perl 1 2
MATLAB 1 2
Total 48100
Desktop Secondary programming languageNumberPercent
Fortran 90 8 17
Mathematica 6 13
SM 5 10
Fortran 77 5 10
IDL 4 8
C 4 8
perl 3 6
csh 3 6
PHP 2 4
yorick 1 2
python 1 2
octave 1 2
PAW 1 2
MATLAB 1 2
Fortran 95 1 2
Excel 1 2
C++ 1 2
Total 48100
Laptop Secondary programming languageNumberPercent
Fortran 90 5 14
SM 4 11
Mathematica 4 11
perl 3 8
C 3 8
yorick 2 5
csh 2 5
PHP 2 5
Fortran 95 2 5
Fortran 77 2 5
Excel 2 5
python 1 3
octave 1 3
MATLAB 1 3
IDL 1 3
Fortran77 1 3
C++ 1 3
Total 37100
Desktop GraphicsNumberPercent
SM 22 34
IDL 17 27
pgplot 5 8
gnuplot 5 8
Mathematica 5 8
xmgrace 3 5
yorick 2 3
MIDAS 2 3
plplot 1 2
gle 1 2
PAW 1 2
Total 64100
Laptop GraphicsNumberPercent
SM 13 33
IDL 8 20
Mathematica 7 18
gnuplot 6 15
pgplot 2 5
yorick 1 3
Origin 1 3
MATLAB 1 3
Kaleidagraph 1 3
Total 40100
Desktop Image processingNumberPercent
IRAF 10 25
main 7 18
MIDAS 7 18
IDL 6 15
SExtractor 3 8
other 2 5
Bertin software 2 5
ds9 1 3
Xnview 1 3
GAIA 1 3
Total 40100
Laptop Image processingNumberPercent
IRAF 9 32
main 7 25
MIDAS 3 11
IDL 3 11
other 2 7
ds9 1 4
SExtractor 1 4
GAIA 1 4
Bertin software 1 4
Total 28100
Desktop .doc readerNumberPercent
SOffice 20 33
OpenOffice 14 23
AbiWord 13 22
Word 9 15
KWord 3 5
LyX 1 2
Total 60100
Laptop .doc readerNumberPercent
Word 44 76
OpenOffice 9 16
SOffice 2 3
KWord 2 3
AbiWord 1 2
Total 58100
Desktop .pdf readerNumberPercent
acroread 27 40
acroread 7 26 38
xpdf 11 16
gv 2 3
Preview/Aperçu 2 3
Total 68100
Laptop .pdf readerNumberPercent
acroread 7 30 51
acroread 10 17
Preview/Aperçu 10 17
xpdf 6 10
Evince 3 5
Total 59100
Laptop Windows-noCygwin .pdf readerNumberPercent
acroread 7 12 63
acroread 7 37
Total 19100
Laptop Windows-Cygwin .pdf readerNumberPercent
acroread 7 4 80
xpdf 1 20
Total 5100
Laptop Linux .pdf readerNumberPercent
acroread 7 6 40
xpdf 4 27
Evince 3 20
acroread 2 13
Total 15100
Laptop Mac OSX .pdf readerNumberPercent
Preview/Aperçu 10 50
acroread 7 8 40
xpdf 1 5
acroread 1 5
Total 20100
Desktop spreadsheetNumberPercent
SOffice 8 33
Excel 7 29
OpenOffice 4 17
awk 3 13
KSpread 2 8
Total 24100
Laptop spreadsheetNumberPercent
Excel 38 84
awk 2 4
OpenOffice 2 4
excel 1 2
Kaleidagraph 1 2
KSpread 1 2
Total 45100
Desktop PresentationsNumberPercent
LaTeX 17 46
Powerpoint 9 24
SOffice 4 11
OpenOffice 4 11
LyX 1 3
Keynote 1 3
HTML 1 3
Total 37100
Laptop PresentationsNumberPercent
Powerpoint 43 74
LaTeX 7 12
OpenOffice 4 7
Keynote 4 7
Total 58100
Desktop NavigatorNumberPercent
Mozilla 45 67
Firefox 15 22
Safari 3 4
Internet Explorer 2 3
Netscape 1 1
Konqueror 1 1
Total 67100
Laptop NavigatorNumberPercent
Firefox 26 43
Safari 15 25
Internet Explorer 12 20
Mozilla 5 8
Konqueror 2 3
Total 60100
Laptop Windows NavigatorNumberPercent
Internet Explorer 12 52
Firefox 10 43
Mozilla 1 4
Total 23100
Laptop Linux NavigatorNumberPercent
Firefox 11 73
Mozilla 2 13
Konqueror 2 13
Total 15100
Laptop Mac OSX NavigatorNumberPercent
Safari 15 71
Firefox 5 24
Mozilla 1 5
Total 21100
Desktop MailerNumberPercent
Mozilla 32 48
pine 16 24
Thunderbird 13 20
Mac Mail 3 5
Webmail 1 2
Netscape 1 2
Total 66100
Laptop MailerNumberPercent
Mac Mail 15 28
Webmail 14 26
Thunderbird 12 23
pine 4 8
Outlook 3 6
Outlook Express 2 4
Mozilla 2 4
Evolution 1 2
Total 53100
Laptop Windows MailerNumberPercent
Thunderbird 8 40
Webmail 6 30
Outlook 3 15
Outlook Express 2 10
Mozilla 1 5
Total 20100
Laptop Linux MailerNumberPercent
Webmail 6 50
pine 3 25
Thunderbird 2 17
Evolution 1 8
Total 12100
Laptop Mac OSX MailerNumberPercent
Mac Mail 15 75
Webmail 2 10
Thunderbird 2 10
Mozilla 1 5
Total 20100
Desktop AntivirusNumberPercent
Norton 4 50
Symantec 2 25
fsecure 1 13
McAfee 1 13
Total 8100
Laptop AntivirusNumberPercent
Norton 10 37
McAfee 5 19
AVG 5 19
Symantec 4 15
virex 1 4
ZoneAlarm 1 4
Kasparsky 1 4
Total 27100
Laptop Windows AntivirusNumberPercent
Norton 10 45
McAfee 5 23
Symantec 3 14
AVG 2 9
ZoneAlarm 1 5
Kasparsky 1 5
Total 22100
Laptop Linux AntivirusNumberPercent
AVG 3100
Total 3100
Laptop Mac OSX AntivirusNumberPercent
virex 1 50
Symantec 1 50
Total 2100
Laptop Backups-where?NumberPercent
no backups 19 31
IAP home dir 13 21
home 9 15
DVD 9 15
IAP ext. disk 6 10
USB key 3 5
IAP unsaved disk 2 3
Total 61100
Laptop Backups-how?NumberPercent
no backups 19 31
icons 15 25
rsync 11 18
cp 4 7
other 3 5
manual software 3 5
ftp 2 3
util-auto 1 2
superduper 1 2
manual 1 2
HD software 1 2
Total 61100
Laptop Windows-noCygwin Backup-how?NumberPercent
no backups 8 40
icons 7 35
other 1 5
manual software 1 5
ftp 1 5
cp 1 5
HD software 1 5
Total 20100
Laptop Windows-Cygwin Backup-how?NumberPercent
rsync 2 40
other 1 20
no backups 1 20
manual software 1 20
Total 5100
Laptop Linux Backup-how?NumberPercent
no backups 8 53
icons 2 13
cp 2 13
rsync 1 7
manual software 1 7
manual 1 7
Total 15100
Laptop Mac OSX Backup-how?NumberPercent
rsync 8 38
icons 6 29
no backups 2 10
util-auto 1 5
superduper 1 5
other 1 5
ftp 1 5
cp 1 5
Total 21100
Gary Mamon