The upcoming November maintenance will include the following changes: 

· Python v3.8 will be the new default Python version

· R v4.0 will be the new default R version

· RStudio v1.3 will be the new default RStudio version

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Monday's HBSGrid maintenance was another important update to provide expanded computing capabilities in our research computing environment:

Updated/New Programs and User Experience Improvements for NoMachine Users:

Researchers using the HBSGrid cluster via NoMachine now have MATLAB R2020a, Mathematica v12.1, and StatTransfer v15 available via the Applications menus. We will continue to install additional programs to make the environment more usable. And also are working on improving the look, feel, and usability of the remote desktop experience.

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The following changes are being made to the HBSGrid cluster and storage, effective 7/6/2020:

Software Updates

We have installed License updates for:

• MATLAB
• SAS
• StatTransfer
• Mathematica
• AMPL/Knitro

We have installed Version updates to:

• MATLAB has been updated to r2020a (from r2019a)
• StatTransfer has been updated to v15 (from 14.1)
• Mathematica has been updated to 12 (from 11.2)

The...

Since moving to Grid v2.5 we offer R v3.5.1 centrally, which might be more new than what you have in your home directory. And the RStudio launch script from the NoMachine drop-down menu will run our centrally-installed RStudio (also newer).

If you had used a local R install (== miniconda in your home folder), to transition to the central one, you'll need to do the following:

1) if your .bashrc or .bash_profile had a command to export the RSTUDIO_WHICH_R, please comment out this line and then restart all...