Software

Each contestant is given a desktop Linux computer running Ubuntu 24.04 with XFCE desktop environment. The computers have the following software packages installed on them:

• Shells:
  • bash, zsh, fish, dash
• Text editors:
  • emacs, gedit, kate, mcedit, nano, neovim, neovim-qt, scite, vim
• IDEs:
  • geany, vs-code
• Compilers and interpreters:
  • gcc, g++, clang
  • python3, pypy3
• Utilities:
  • firefox
  • gdb
  • gnome-calculator
  • mc
  • valgrind

During the practice day, please check that all the software you expect to be available is installed and working; we cannot install new programs during the contests. We will do our best to accommodate reasonable requests.

Hardware

The computers are desktops with Intel i5-13400 processors, 64 GB of RAM and a 1TB NVMe SSD. Computers are equipped with a Finnish¹ keyboard, a mouse and a monitor.