We encourage you to use your own computer for this class. Not only does it enable you to work from home but it gives you the freedom to conduct research at any time. Here is some useful software for you home computer.

Visualizers

  • Jmol: views .xyz files and movies
  • VMD: views/edits POSCAR files

  • X11 Server

  • XMing:A X11 Server for Windows

  • SSH/SFTP Clients

  • SSHWinSecureShell: (Windows) combined ssh/sftp
  • PuTTY: SSH client
  • PSFTP: SFTP client (for transferring files) Windows
  • Fugu: SFTP client (for transferring files) Mac OSX

  • VASP TST Tools

  • Vtstscripts: perl scripts used on cluster to setup VASP runs