{"id":7565,"date":"2020-05-15T14:59:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T18:59:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=7565"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:59:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:59:28","slug":"software-installation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/scs-laptop-requirement\/software-installation\/","title":{"rendered":"Software Installation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Software Installation\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<h2 id=\"software-installation-laptop-specific\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Software Installation (Laptop Specific)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will require some software when you are taking a computer science course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"#ITSsoftware\">Carleton University Software for students<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"#antivirus\">Anti-virus<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"#vm\">Virtual Machines<\/a><br>\n<a href=\"#SCSsoftware\">Free software for School of Computer Science students<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"carleton-university-software-for-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"ITSsoftware\"><\/a>Carleton University Software for students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Listed are some software that you will need and instructions on how to install it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/help-centre\/remote-access\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Remote Access (VPN)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/help-centre\/wireless\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connecting to Carleton&#8217;s Wireless Network<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carleton University offers Microsoft software free of charge to all students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/onedrive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">OneDrive (file storage and backups)<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Windows 10 Education is available for free to all computer science students via <a href=\"https:\/\/azureforeducation.microsoft.com\/devtools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Azure Dev Tools for Teaching<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/ms-offer-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MS Office available to students free of charge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carleton ITS offers some site-licensed software to students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/its\/all-services\/computers\/site-licensed-software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Site Licensed Software<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"anti-virus\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"antivirus\"><\/a>Anti-virus<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carleton university does not offer anti-virus to students. However, there are options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Every Windows 10 O\/S comes with a built-in anti-virus called <a href=\"https:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/en-us\/help\/17464\/windows-10-help-protect-my-device-with-windows-security\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Windows Defender<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If your internet provider is Bell or Rogers they offer free anti-virus to their customers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"virtual-machines\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"vm\"><\/a>Virtual Machines<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the course of your program, you will be using virtualization technologies. Every course will have its own software requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/tech-support\/virtual-machines\/virtual-machine-technical-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Virtual Machines Technical Support<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"free-software-for-school-of-computer-science-students\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a id=\"SCSsoftware\"><\/a>Free software for School of Computer Science students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is free software available for computer science students such as Microsoft development tools, VMWare, Matlab, OnTheHub software offers, Virtualbox, Nextcloud client, x2go and more!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/tech-support\/software\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Free software for School of Computer Science students<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Software Installation (Laptop Specific) You will require some software when you are taking a computer science course. Carleton University Software for students Anti-virus Virtual Machines Free software for School of Computer Science students Carleton University Software for students Listed are some software that you will need and instructions on how to install it. 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