What Can the New Duckware 2001 CD Do for You?

[SFTP Users: See "Too Late to Make Duckware..." - a note about updating to SSH 3.x]

Duckware 2001 is here! As it does each fall, the Computing Center's Microcomputer Services group has released an updated version of the Duckware CD-ROM. Due to the generosity of Sony Disc Manufacturing in Springfield, this year's CD was manufactured without charge. Thanks, Sony!

The new Duckware CD contains just about everything you'll need for computing at the UO: antivirus software and a network applications installer for web, news, email, and file transfer applications.

Duckware 2001 comes in separate versions for Mac and Windows. These are available to all current UO students, faculty, and staff at no cost.

The Duckware CD-ROM contains software that can help you connect to the Internet from home or on campus. This includes network application installers for MacOS and Windows. Detailed instructions and troubleshooting tips for getting set up are also included in the Duckware interface.
This year's version expands on the security features introduced in last year's Duckware, including:

• The latest versions of Norton Antivirus for both Mac and Windows. (Use "Live Update" to get minor patches and new virus definitions.)
• SSH secure shell encryption software for both Windows and Macintosh
• Web-based email interfaces for Gladstone, Darkwing, and Oregon that are fast and more secure than other web-based email services

Other updated applications that make the new CD a very useful tool include:

• Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack 2 (Windows CD only). The newest version of Internet Explorer includes improved support for DHTML- and CSS-based web design.
• Cisco IP/TV v 3.0. The IP/TV Viewer enables you to view diverse broadcast programming on your computer, including university lectures, news clips, foreign language programs, and scientific projects

System Requirements:

To take advantage of Duckware 2001, you'll need:

• a PC running Windows 95/98/ME/ 2000/NT/XP... or
• a Mac running System 8.1 or better

Where Can You Get It?

Students, faculty, and staff may pick up their copy of the Duckware 2001 CD at one of the following campus locations:

• Microcomputer Support Center (151 Grayson Hall)
• Documents Room Library (175 Grayson Hall)
• CC-Grayson Lab (101 Grayson Hall)
• CC-EMU Microcomputing Lab (22 EMU)
• CC-Klamath Lab (B13 Klamath Hall)
• CC-Millrace Lab (113 Millrace I)
• Knight Library Information Technology Center (ITC)
• Science Library Information Technology Center (Onyx basement)

Students living in campus housing can get Duckware at Residence Hall and Family Housing area desks in the University Inn, Hamilton, Carson, Spencer View, and Westmoreland.

Reuse and Recycling

If you decide you no longer want your copy of Duckware 2001, please don't throw it away! We'll gladly take it back and give it to someone else. Just drop it off at the Microcomputer Support Center, or mail it via campus mail to "Microcomputer Services - 151 Grayson Hall."

Thanks to the UO Campus Recycling Program, you may also recycle the Duckware CD-ROM in designated bins at any of these locations:

• Computing Center main foyer
• CC-EMU, CC-Klamath, CC-Grayson, or CC-Millrace Labs
• the Knight and Science Library ITCs

You can drop the white paper sleeve in any paper recycling bin on campus.

For additional Duckware help or information, call or write the Microcomputer Support Center (346-4412; microhelp@lists.uoregon.edu). You can also visit them in Room 151 Grayson Hall weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm, or check out their website at
http://micro.uoregon.edu/

Too Late to Make Duckware...