DICE offers the Firefox and Google Chrome web browsers. The configuration of both browsers has been customised to disable some or all of their built-in AI features including local models and integrated services such as Gemini. You can continue to access AI as web sites in the browser. The University provides guidance on AI use for staff and students and access to AI models though ELM.
These security notices are intended for users and managers of Informatics systems:
The University's Information Security Division provide advice and guidance to the whole University including Informatics. Their web site has information relevant to all staff and students for protecting your own information and that of others.
You can explore more pages about this topic in the "Support Options" menu.
Release notes are not yet available for DICE on Ubuntu Noble, but when they are, they will appear here.
It's important to use strong passwords on your Linux system. Brute-force attacks regularly happen during other intrusions to the network, and strong passwords will prevent easy movement between systems. When any system has been successfully attacked there is a risk of offline brute-forcing of captured password files, and in this case reused passwords between systems will be quickly discovered.
In July 2024, Professor Iain Murray posted some tips to help with online meetings.
We thought they were so good that we've reposted them here.
This page explains how to use Informatics OpenVPN on Windows 11.
Most DICE computers use Ubuntu Linux. This page is about DICE Ubuntu Jammy.
To see changes to this page, please return here from time to time. All DICE release notes are listed at ⇒ DICE release notes.
DICE Ubuntu Jammy uses Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).
Every few years, DICE moves to a newer version of Linux.
DICE Resolute (26.04) is expected to be available in summer 2027.