Respondants | Number | Percent |
Faculty | 36 | 53 |
Doctoral student | 14 | 21 |
Postdoc | 7 | 10 |
Engineer | 5 | 7 |
unknown | 4 | 6 |
Visitor | 1 | 1 |
Visiting student | 1 | 1 |
Total | 68 | 100 |
Desktop OS | Number | Percent |
Linux | 58 | 85 |
Windows | 4 | 6 |
Mac OSX | 3 | 4 |
Windows-Cygwin | 1 | 1 |
UNIX | 1 | 1 |
Mac OS9 | 1 | 1 |
Total | 68 | 100 |
Laptop OS | Number | Percent |
Mac OSX | 21 | 34 |
Windows | 20 | 33 |
Linux | 15 | 25 |
Windows-Cygwin | 5 | 8 |
Total | 61 | 100 |
Laptop Make | Number | Percent |
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 | 61 | 100 |
Desktop Keyboard | Number | Percent |
QWERTY | 60 | 88 |
AZERTY | 7 | 10 |
QWERTY+AZERTY | 1 | 1 |
Total | 68 | 100 |
Laptop Keyboard | Number | Percent |
AZERTY | 30 | 50 |
QWERTY | 28 | 47 |
QWERTZ | 2 | 3 |
Total | 60 | 100 |
Desktop window manager | Number | Percent |
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 | 67 | 100 |
Laptop window manager | Number | Percent |
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 | 59 | 100 |
Laptop Linux window manager | Number | Percent |
KWin | 7 | 47 |
Metacity | 4 | 27 |
Enlightment | 2 | 13 |
other | 1 | 7 |
IceWM | 1 | 7 |
Total | 15 | 100 |
Laptop Windows-Cygwin window manager | Number | Percent |
windows | 3 | 60 |
fvwm2 | 1 | 20 |
Window Maker | 1 | 20 |
Total | 5 | 100 |
Laptop Mac OSX window manager | Number | Percent |
quartz | 18 | 95 |
fvwm2 | 1 | 5 |
Total | 19 | 100 |
Desktop editor | Number | Percent |
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 | 68 | 100 |
Laptop editor | Number | Percent |
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 | 59 | 100 |
Desktop shell (Linux/MacOSX/Cygwin/UNIX) | Number | Percent |
tcsh | 48 | 75 |
csh | 7 | 11 |
bash | 7 | 11 |
no shell | 2 | 3 |
Total | 64 | 100 |
Laptop shell (Linux/MacOSX/Cygwin/UNIX) | Number | Percent |
tcsh | 20 | 49 |
bash | 16 | 39 |
no shell | 2 | 5 |
csh | 2 | 5 |
ksh | 1 | 2 |
Total | 41 | 100 |
Desktop Primary programming language | Number | Percent |
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 | 66 | 100 |
Laptop Primary programming language | Number | Percent |
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 | 48 | 100 |
Desktop Secondary programming language | Number | Percent |
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 | 48 | 100 |
Laptop Secondary programming language | Number | Percent |
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 | 37 | 100 |
Desktop Graphics | Number | Percent |
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 | 64 | 100 |
Laptop Graphics | Number | Percent |
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 | 40 | 100 |
Desktop Image processing | Number | Percent |
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 | 40 | 100 |
Laptop Image processing | Number | Percent |
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 | 28 | 100 |
Desktop .doc reader | Number | Percent |
SOffice | 20 | 33 |
OpenOffice | 14 | 23 |
AbiWord | 13 | 22 |
Word | 9 | 15 |
KWord | 3 | 5 |
LyX | 1 | 2 |
Total | 60 | 100 |
Laptop .doc reader | Number | Percent |
Word | 44 | 76 |
OpenOffice | 9 | 16 |
SOffice | 2 | 3 |
KWord | 2 | 3 |
AbiWord | 1 | 2 |
Total | 58 | 100 |
Desktop .pdf reader | Number | Percent |
acroread | 27 | 40 |
acroread 7 | 26 | 38 |
xpdf | 11 | 16 |
gv | 2 | 3 |
Preview/Aperçu | 2 | 3 |
Total | 68 | 100 |
Laptop .pdf reader | Number | Percent |
acroread 7 | 30 | 51 |
acroread | 10 | 17 |
Preview/Aperçu | 10 | 17 |
xpdf | 6 | 10 |
Evince | 3 | 5 |
Total | 59 | 100 |
Laptop Windows-noCygwin .pdf reader | Number | Percent |
acroread 7 | 12 | 63 |
acroread | 7 | 37 |
Total | 19 | 100 |
Laptop Windows-Cygwin .pdf reader | Number | Percent |
acroread 7 | 4 | 80 |
xpdf | 1 | 20 |
Total | 5 | 100 |
Laptop Linux .pdf reader | Number | Percent |
acroread 7 | 6 | 40 |
xpdf | 4 | 27 |
Evince | 3 | 20 |
acroread | 2 | 13 |
Total | 15 | 100 |
Laptop Mac OSX .pdf reader | Number | Percent |
Preview/Aperçu | 10 | 50 |
acroread 7 | 8 | 40 |
xpdf | 1 | 5 |
acroread | 1 | 5 |
Total | 20 | 100 |
Desktop spreadsheet | Number | Percent |
SOffice | 8 | 33 |
Excel | 7 | 29 |
OpenOffice | 4 | 17 |
awk | 3 | 13 |
KSpread | 2 | 8 |
Total | 24 | 100 |
Laptop spreadsheet | Number | Percent |
Excel | 38 | 84 |
awk | 2 | 4 |
OpenOffice | 2 | 4 |
excel | 1 | 2 |
Kaleidagraph | 1 | 2 |
KSpread | 1 | 2 |
Total | 45 | 100 |
Desktop Presentations | Number | Percent |
LaTeX | 17 | 46 |
Powerpoint | 9 | 24 |
SOffice | 4 | 11 |
OpenOffice | 4 | 11 |
LyX | 1 | 3 |
Keynote | 1 | 3 |
HTML | 1 | 3 |
Total | 37 | 100 |
Laptop Presentations | Number | Percent |
Powerpoint | 43 | 74 |
LaTeX | 7 | 12 |
OpenOffice | 4 | 7 |
Keynote | 4 | 7 |
Total | 58 | 100 |
Desktop Navigator | Number | Percent |
Mozilla | 45 | 67 |
Firefox | 15 | 22 |
Safari | 3 | 4 |
Internet Explorer | 2 | 3 |
Netscape | 1 | 1 |
Konqueror | 1 | 1 |
Total | 67 | 100 |
Laptop Navigator | Number | Percent |
Firefox | 26 | 43 |
Safari | 15 | 25 |
Internet Explorer | 12 | 20 |
Mozilla | 5 | 8 |
Konqueror | 2 | 3 |
Total | 60 | 100 |
Laptop Windows Navigator | Number | Percent |
Internet Explorer | 12 | 52 |
Firefox | 10 | 43 |
Mozilla | 1 | 4 |
Total | 23 | 100 |
Laptop Linux Navigator | Number | Percent |
Firefox | 11 | 73 |
Mozilla | 2 | 13 |
Konqueror | 2 | 13 |
Total | 15 | 100 |
Laptop Mac OSX Navigator | Number | Percent |
Safari | 15 | 71 |
Firefox | 5 | 24 |
Mozilla | 1 | 5 |
Total | 21 | 100 |
Desktop Mailer | Number | Percent |
Mozilla | 32 | 48 |
pine | 16 | 24 |
Thunderbird | 13 | 20 |
Mac Mail | 3 | 5 |
Webmail | 1 | 2 |
Netscape | 1 | 2 |
Total | 66 | 100 |
Laptop Mailer | Number | Percent |
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 | 53 | 100 |
Laptop Windows Mailer | Number | Percent |
Thunderbird | 8 | 40 |
Webmail | 6 | 30 |
Outlook | 3 | 15 |
Outlook Express | 2 | 10 |
Mozilla | 1 | 5 |
Total | 20 | 100 |
Laptop Linux Mailer | Number | Percent |
Webmail | 6 | 50 |
pine | 3 | 25 |
Thunderbird | 2 | 17 |
Evolution | 1 | 8 |
Total | 12 | 100 |
Laptop Mac OSX Mailer | Number | Percent |
Mac Mail | 15 | 75 |
Webmail | 2 | 10 |
Thunderbird | 2 | 10 |
Mozilla | 1 | 5 |
Total | 20 | 100 |
Desktop Antivirus | Number | Percent |
Norton | 4 | 50 |
Symantec | 2 | 25 |
fsecure | 1 | 13 |
McAfee | 1 | 13 |
Total | 8 | 100 |
Laptop Antivirus | Number | Percent |
Norton | 10 | 37 |
McAfee | 5 | 19 |
AVG | 5 | 19 |
Symantec | 4 | 15 |
virex | 1 | 4 |
ZoneAlarm | 1 | 4 |
Kasparsky | 1 | 4 |
Total | 27 | 100 |
Laptop Windows Antivirus | Number | Percent |
Norton | 10 | 45 |
McAfee | 5 | 23 |
Symantec | 3 | 14 |
AVG | 2 | 9 |
ZoneAlarm | 1 | 5 |
Kasparsky | 1 | 5 |
Total | 22 | 100 |
Laptop Linux Antivirus | Number | Percent |
AVG | 3 | 100 |
Total | 3 | 100 |
Laptop Mac OSX Antivirus | Number | Percent |
virex | 1 | 50 |
Symantec | 1 | 50 |
Total | 2 | 100 |
Laptop Backups-where? | Number | Percent |
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 | 61 | 100 |
Laptop Backups-how? | Number | Percent |
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 | 61 | 100 |
Laptop Windows-noCygwin Backup-how? | Number | Percent |
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 | 20 | 100 |
Laptop Windows-Cygwin Backup-how? | Number | Percent |
rsync | 2 | 40 |
other | 1 | 20 |
no backups | 1 | 20 |
manual software | 1 | 20 |
Total | 5 | 100 |
Laptop Linux Backup-how? | Number | Percent |
no backups | 8 | 53 |
icons | 2 | 13 |
cp | 2 | 13 |
rsync | 1 | 7 |
manual software | 1 | 7 |
manual | 1 | 7 |
Total | 15 | 100 |
Laptop Mac OSX Backup-how? | Number | Percent |
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 | 21 | 100 |