Research Technologies Core Services


Research Technologies Core Services provides services to Researchers at IU, Faculty, Staff, and Students, and Research Technologies Units.

Services for IU Faculty, Staff, and Students

  • Open Source Mirror
    The Open Source Mirror provides Free/Open Source Software to the public, including:
    • The most popular distributions of the Linux and BSD operating systems
    • OpenOffice.org, an Open Source office suite
    • Mozilla.org, including the Firefox web browser and Thunderbird mail client
    • Many more Open Source software packages including GNU software, Perl, KDE, and Apache
    Access the Open Source Mirror at http://ftp.ussg.iu.edu
  • Enterprise Linux Licensing
    Core Services provides the following Enterprise Linux distributions

    Click the links below for instructions on obtaining licenses and updates IU’s agreements with Red Hat and Novell allow us to provide the operating system and updates to users with valid IU network IDs. Support for Linux and Unix at IU is provided by the UITS Support Center and Local Support Provider/Tier 2 Support team.

Services for Researchers at IU

Services for the Research Technologies Division of UITS

  • Ticket tracking for Research Technologies units
  • Research Technologies website
  • Account management for RT systems
  • Reporting for RT systems
  • Internal Wiki for RT systems
Contact the RTCS