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Athena On-Line Help
Athena is MIT's UNIX-based campus-wide academic computing facility. The Athena system provides computing resources to over 14,000 users across the MIT campus. Athena users have access to software to help them write papers, create graphs, analyze data, communicate with their colleagues, play games, and perform countless other tasks, as well as software designed specifically for classwork.
Getting Started on Athena
- Getting Started on Athena
- Working on Athena
- Working on Athena - includes managing your account
- Athena 9.4 Pocket Reference [Adobe Reader Required]
- Dialing Into Athena
- Residential Networking at MIT - Using Athena from a Dorm, Living Group or Off Campus
- Working with Configuration Files (Dotfiles)
- Printing from Athena
- Remote Access to Athena
- Release Notes (Current release: 9.4)
Application Software on Athena
- Available Athena Software ("What Runs Where")
- Communicating with Other Users
- Electronic Mail on Athena -- IMAP - e-mail
- Zephyr on Athena - instant messaging
- Discuss on Athena - electronic conferencing
- Network News on Athena -electronic bulletin board
- Document Preparation Software
- Emacs on Athena - text editor
- LaTeX on Athena - text formatter system
- Open Office - office suite
- Star Office - office suite
- FrameMaker on Athena - document preparation
- Spreadsheets
- Xess - spreadsheet
- Numerical and Math Software
- Programming
- Using Athena for Courses
- OLTA on Athena - online teaching assistant
Other Resources
- Athena Stock Answers - answers to frequently asked questions
- Ask Athena Consulting (OLC) a Question
- SIPB (Student Information Processing Board) Documentation
- Private Athena Workstations:
- Options for Purchasing an Athena System
- Athena Linux Installation Instructions - for Minimal Standard Athena
- Private Athena Workstation Owners Guide
- Athena Technical Documents
