Our Software
The following applications are available on Commons computers in the QEII Library. Currently-registered students have access to a variety of free programs for at-home use, including Microsoft Office. More information is found on the OCIO website.
We do not provide personal licenses for software. Inquiries about purchsing personal licenses can be forwarded to IT Procurement.
Note: If you require a piece of software not listed below, please consider submitting a Software Request Form. Software must be for academic use, only. Software updates happen approximately one month before the start of a semester and one month after the start of a semester.
These following software applications are available on all The Commons computers (not including the DMC computers).
| Audio & Video | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| Audacity | 4.0.1 |
| HandBrake | 1.11.2 |
| MuseScore Studio | 4.7.5 |
| Leawo Blu-ray Player | 3.0.0.7 |
| VLC Media Player | 3.0.24 |
| Windows Media Player | |
| Text Viewer & Editors | |
| Adobe Acrobat Reader | 2026.002 |
| Adobe Digital Editions | 4.5 |
| Calibre - E-Book Management | 9.16 |
| LibreOffice | 26.8 |
| MikTex TeXworks | 26.5 |
| Notepad | |
| Notepad++ | 8.9.8 |
| Sigil | 2.8.1 |
| Texmaker | 6.0.2 |
| TeXstudio | 4.9.8 |
| Thorium | 3.5.1 |
| Image Viewers | |
| FastStone Image Viewer | 8.5 |
| paint.net | 5.0 |
| Windows Paint | |
| Web Browsers | |
| Google Chrome | |
| Mozilla Firefox ESR | |
| Microsoft Edge | |
| Respondus Lockdown Browser | |
| Microsoft Office LTSC Professional Plus 2024 | |
| Access | |
| Excel | |
| PowerPoint | |
| Project | |
| Word | |
| Reference Manager | |
| Mendeley Reference Manager | 2.150 |
| Zotero | 10.0.6 |
| Statistical Software | |
| Beyond 2020 Professional Browser | 7.0 |
| IBM SPSS Statistics | 29.0.2 |
| Jamovi | 2.7.38 |
| Microsoft Power BI Desktop | 2.159 |
| R GUI | 4.6.1 |
| Geographic Information Software | |
| ArcGIS Pro | 3.5.3 |
| QGIS Desktop | 3.44 LTS |
| Software for Engineering | |
| MATLAB | R2025b |
| Integrated Development Environment (IDE) | |
| BlueJ | 6.0.1 |
| IDLE | Python 3.14 |
| RStudio | 2026.10 |
| VS Code | 1.143 |
| Other Software | |
| 7 - ZIP | 25.01 |
| Logic 2010 | 2025.09 |
| openLCA | 2.7 |
| Putty | 0.83 |
| WinSCP | 6.5.3 |
The following software applications are specific to computers available in the Digital Media Centre.
| Adobe Creative Cloud Suite | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| Acrobat Pro | 24.2 |
| Acrobat Distiller | 24.1 |
| After Effects | 24.3 |
| Audition | 25.0 |
| Illustrator | 28.7 |
| InDesign | 19.4 |
| Lightroom Classic | 12.5 |
| Media Encoder | 25.1 |
| Photoshop | 26.2 |
| Premiere Pro | 25.1 |
| Scanning | |
| NAPS2 | 7.5.3 |
| EPSON Scan (Negative Film) | 5.1 |
| CAD (Computer Aided Design) | |
| Autodesk Fusion 360 | 12904.2.1 |
| Blender | 4.2 |
| Meshmixer | 11.5 |
| Graphic Design | |
| GIMP | 2.10.38 |
| Inkscape | 1.4 |
| Krita | 5.2.6 |
| Optical Disk (ISO) | |
| CDBurnerXP | 4.5.8 |
| ImgBurn | 2.5.8 |
| Audio & Video Editing | |
| DaVinci Resolve | 19 |
The following software applications are available on all The Commons computers.
| Assistive Tech | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| LiveScribe Echo Desktop | 3.0.4 |
| Kurzweil 3000 | 15.27 |
| NVDA Screen Reader | 2024.4.2 |
| Windows Ease of Access | 10.0 |
The following software applications are specific to The Commons Assistive Technology stations. For more information on how to access these stations, please visit our Assistive Technology page.
| Assistive Tech | |
|---|---|
| Software Version | |
| Dragon NaturallySpeaking | 11.00 |
| Inspiration | 9.0 |
| Read&Write Gold | 11.5.8 |