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Linux Software Reviews

Honest community ratings for Linux and open-source software used across Canada.

Slurm (Compute Canada fork)
Science & Research GPL-2.0 vVarious
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The Digital Research Alliance of Canada (formerly Compute Canada) manages national HPC clusters running customized Slurm workload manager configurations and contributes open-source tooling for scientific computing. Their open-source stack powers university research across the country.
NRC Open Tools
Science & Research MIT / Apache-2.0 vVarious
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The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) publishes numerous open-source tools and datasets for materials science, climate modelling, construction standards, and aerospace research. Their open-data and open-software initiatives are publicly available via the Government of Canada's open resource portal.
Algorithmic Impact Assessment
Science & Research MIT v1.01
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The AIA is a questionnaire designed to help you assess and mitigate the impacts associated with deploying an automated decision system. The AIA helps identify the impact level of your automation project under the Directive on Automated Decision-Making. Completion and release of an AIA is required by the Directive.
Pavics
Science & Research GPL-3.0
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A climate data platform providing analysis, processing, and access services for researchers and decision-makers.
GNU Octave
Science & Research GPL-3.0
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A numerical computing language and environment broadly compatible with MATLAB syntax.
Scilab
Science & Research GPL-2.0
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A numerical computation platform for engineering, modelling, simulation, and data analysis.
Maxima
Science & Research GPL-2.0
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A computer algebra system for symbolic and numerical mathematical calculations.
COVID-19-POMDP-Dashboard
Science & Research MIT
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Defence Research and Development Canada dashboard exploring COVID-19 decisions with partially observable Markov decision processes.
PyCoMod
Science & Research BSD-3-Clause
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Python package from Defence Research and Development Canada for SIR-style compartment disease models and simulation.
Endurance Limited Lines of Approach
Science & Research MIT
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DRDC analytical software for calculating and plotting submarine limiting lines of approach with endurance constraints.
METRo
Science & Research GPL-2.0
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Model of the Environment and Temperature of Roads, an open road-condition forecasting system developed by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
Signal Attenuation through Foliage Estimator
Science & Research MIT
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Communications Research Centre Canada tool for estimating radio-frequency path loss in foliage-dominant environments.
EGSnrc
Science & Research AGPL-3.0
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National Research Council Canada toolkit for Monte Carlo simulation of ionizing-radiation transport through matter.
SWMMCanada
Science & Research MIT
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Open-source service for generating ready-to-run EPA SWMM urban drainage models across Canada from open data.