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This page is meant as a refresher guide for returning students - it will contain a list of the most commonly accessed programs and tools and links on how to use them.

Contents 1 New for Fall, 2011 2 Commonly Used Programs 3 Working from Home / Other Computers 3.1 Checking Machines 3.2 Mac Users 3.3 Windows Users 3.4 All Cases 4 Questions 5 External Links 6 References

New for Fall, 2011

Here are some items you might need to know about.

• Want to see which machines are working? Try Dr. G's script: Ping Results - this web page should be updated about every 30 minutes.
• teer1 through teer9 are now teer01 through teer09
• All the Hudson machines are gone - use Teer for remotes instead.
• ePrint is all new! (yes, again!) Here are the instructions:
  • Windows
  • Mac OS X
  • Linux

Commonly Used Programs

• MATLAB
• Maple

Working from Home / Other Computers

Depending on what operating system you use, you will need to have one or two pieces of software on that machine to properly connect to and work with the UNIX systems.

Checking Machines

Want to see which machines are working? Try Dr. G's new script: Ping Results - this web page should be updated about every 30 minutes.

Mac Users

Mac users will need X11. It is generally installed with OS 10.5 and later; 10.4 users will need to install it. Information on each is at the X11 page.

Windows Users

To work from home, Windows users will need to install X-Win 32 and PuTTY. When you install X-Win 32, you will also need to follow the instructions OIS has provided regarding licensing. More info on the X-Win 32 page.

When you install PuTTY and run it, the first time through you will need to create a session to connect to one of the Teer machines; after that, you can just use that session. More on the PuTTY page.

All Cases

In all cases, you do not need to install anything else. emacs, LaTeX, kdvi, and everything else you need will be on the UNIX systems - you will not have them on your own machines.

Questions

Post your questions by editing the discussion page of this article. Edit the page, then scroll to the bottom and add a question by putting in the characters *{{Q}}, followed by your question and finally your signature (with four tildes, i.e. ~~~~). Using the {{Q}} will automatically put the page in the category of pages with questions - other editors hoping to help out can then go to that category page to see where the questions are. See the page for Template:Q for details and examples.

External Links

References