Linux at GSI

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• Report problems to the Trouble Ticket System

Documentation

First steps with Linux at GSI

• English version (pdf, 718 kB)
• German version (pdf, 716 kB)

Infrastructure and Services

• Linux Interactive machines: How do I access Linux @ GSI in the first place?
• Linux BatchFarm: How can I use the Linux resources to do some calculations?
• Linux FileSystems, Fileservers, Scratch cleanup policy: Different locations for different types of data
• Linux MachineTypes What is the meaning of these lx... names anyway?

• More Services

Installed SoftWare

We are running Debian GNU/Linux, release 4.0 (Etch)

• EtchUpgrade - Information about the changes when upgrading to Debian 4.0 Etch
• _Sarge_ -Information on Debian 3.1 Sarge
• SoftwareInUsrLocal - GSI-specific stuff
• Development: Compilers, Debugger, Techniques, ...

• SoftwareWishlist - Tell us about your secret desires.

How to ...

• print your docs
• receive and send emails
• create your own web pages on www-linux
• restore files from the backup with TSM
• access your home filesystem from other platforms with Samba
• change your UNIX/Linux password
• access the LinuxFarm from Windows (with X-Win 32, german only)
• use the intranet instant messaging system

• Tips'n'tricks How to tweak your KDE, ssh, Mozilla and relatives, keyboard. How to work with MS office documents, audio, video and graphics data

FAQ

Linux resources

• In german:
  • DebianPaketVerwaltung
  • DebianPaketBau

Off-site guidance on your way to enlightenment

• http://debiananwenderhandbuch.de/ (in german)
• The rosetta stone for Unix
• OpenSource Scientific Computing Howto [PDF]
• The VMS to Linux Howto [PDF]
• Physics software distribution missdoings
• General-Purpose Computation Using Graphics Hardware

-- ThomasRoth - 10 Dec 2007
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