The hardware and software configurations for the NOI.PH 2026 Onsite Rounds are described below. Note that these configurations are subject to change.

Hardware

CPU: one of the following
- AMD Ryzen 7 5825U with Radeon Graphics @ 16x 4.546 Ghz
- 11th Gen Intel Core i7-1165G7 @ 8x 4.7 Ghz
- 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700 @ 20x 4.8 Ghz
GPU: AMD/ATI or Iris Xe Graphics or GeForce GT 730
RAM: 16GB or 8GB

Software

Operating System

Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS “Noble Numbat” Desktop inside Oracle VirtualBox

Virtual CPUs: 4
Virtual Memory: 4 GB
Virtual Disk: 25 GB

You can practice using the virtual machine at home.

Download VMWare Workstation Player here: https://vmware-workstation-player.sooftware.com/windows/download

Download the virtual machine image here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1rA0DmKLw_hMjQNFynES6viYTyYXSuDFD/view?usp=sharing

Instructions on how to install and use it are available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw2FMNJO9WQ. Note: These instructions are for the NOI.PH 2024 VM. Some things in the video are outdated, such as the download links. Please use the download links mentioned above. However, most of the instructions are still the same.

Compilers and Interpreters

C++

g++ 13.3.0
g++-14 14.2.0

Note: both C++17 and C++20 will be available on CMS. To compile with C++20 locally, use the g++-14 executable.

Python

PyPy 7.3.21 with Python 3.11.15
Python 3.12.3
Python 3.13.13

Note: both Pypy and Python 3.13 will be available on CMS. To run with Python 3.13 locally, use the python3.13 executable. To run with PyPy locally, use the pypy3 executable.

Text Editors and IDEs

Emacs 29.3
Gedit 46.2
Nano 7.2
Sublime Text Build 4200
VIM 9.1
Visual Studio Code 1.116.0

Documentation (via Zeal)

C++
Python 3

Other Applications

Chromium 147.0.7727.101
Firefox Browser 147.0.3
GNOME Terminal 3.52.0
Zeal 0.7.0-dev