On RCAC community clusters we deploy modules for both conda and anaconda. These are both separate distributions of the "conda" package manager. The conda module points towards the Miniforge distribution of conda (https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge), while the anaconda module loads the official Anaconda, Inc. distribution of conda (https://www.anaconda.com/download).
Although these two distributions behave similarly, the components within them vary slightly:
Visual Studio Code (VS Code or Code) is a popular IDE growing in usage in HPC. It is particularly useful for less-technical researchers (relative to say, Vim), because of it's remote development capabilities.
RStudio Server times out after approximately 60 minutes of inactivity. Upon re-entering the session, users are often face login screen where their credentials do not work.
Samba on Anvil is installed from RPMs by unpacking the rpms in /apps/anvil/external/apps/samba. The reason for this is to avoid installing in the OS image which can have security implications. The QEMU installation on Anvil refers to this directory to load samba libraries when starting a Windows VM.