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Access Control Lists Die in der GSI Linux Farm verwendeten Dateisysteme unterstützen erweiterte Zugriffsrechte, sogenannte ACLs (Access Control Lists). Auf diese ...

r5 - 2020-01-23 - 18:19 by StefanHaller

BatchFarm

r69 - 2023-10-26 - 10:24 by AndreKerkhoff

BatchQueues

Batch queues Name restrictions short max. 60 min cpu time, preempts all other queues research preempts queue batch, max. 5 jobs per use...

r8 - 2011-08-11 - 14:53 by CarstenPreuss

BrowserPluginSecurity

BrowserPluginSecurity Overview In the past and the present browser plugins especially Java and Flash were subject to severe software bugs. Those bugs can oft...

NEW - 2013-01-11 - 09:47 by BastianNeuburger

BrowserTestPage

Browser Test mailto mailto:linux service #64;gsi.de?subject=Test Java plugin Dieser Browser ignoriert den = applet = Tag nicht! Shockwave Flash plugin Object...

r12 - 2021-11-12 - 15:56 by ChristopherHuhn

CVMFS

CitrixReceiver

Citrix Receiver aka. icaclient We provide the client software to access the Windows Terminal Servers on all LinuxDesktops. The documentation available here it gen...

r2 - 2018-06-18 - 17:42 by MatteoDessalvi

CvmFs

CernVM FS The distribution of custom software for user groups on the HPC infrastructure is provided using the Cern Virtual Machine File System (CernVM FS). CernV...

r62 - 2024-02-02 - 11:14 by AndreKerkhoff

DebianBookworm

Status (as of 2024 05): * Core systems: preparations have finished * BookwormUpgrade phase started for evaluation * Desktop Support: in preparation * ...

NEW - 2024-05-23 - 14:08 by ChristopherHuhn

DebianBullseye

Status as of 2024 05 * Core OS: production * Desktops: preliminary production – reinstallation at the IT workshop required * Central login pool: lxbullse...

r2 - 2024-05-24 - 10:50 by ChristopherHuhn

DebianBuster

Main.ChristopherHuhn 2024 05 21

NEW - 2024-05-21 - 11:34 by ChristopherHuhn

DebianJessie

Debian 8 Jessie Debian 8, codename Jessie has been released on 25/4/2015. For information on changes from DebianWheezy please have a look at JessieUpgrade. Main...

NEW - 2015-05-29 - 13:37 by ChristopherHuhn

DebianMirror

Debian mirror at GSI The HPC Department maintains a mirror of the Debian Archive for software deployment on the LinuxFarm. The archives are available for use insi...

r22 - 2022-02-18 - 15:55 by ChristopherHuhn

DebianPackageManagement

DebianPackaging

Debian Package Management German only and rather outdated: DebianPaketVerwaltung Managing Patches with Quilt Cf. DebianWiki:UsingQuilt 1 Setup quilt environ...

r8 - 2014-08-06 - 15:43 by BastianNeuburger

DebianPaketBau

Debian Pakete bauen und kompilieren Paketformat Als Linux Distribution muss die Software in Debian neben der ausführbaren Binärform i. A. auch als SourceCode vor...

r36 - 2015-03-23 - 20:58 by ThomasRoth

DebianPaketVerwaltung

Debian Paketverwaltung Kurzeinführung Die Debian Paketverwaltung besteht im Kern aus den Werkzeugen dpkg und apt. Eine detaillierte Beschreibung der Fähigkeiten ...

r7 - 2009-04-28 - 16:14 by ChristopherHuhn

DebianSqueeze

DebianVersion

Debian@GSI We are running Debian GNU/Linux, primarily DebianBullseye and DebianBookworm at the moment. For further information on our road map take a look at the ...

r6 - 2024-12-17 - 14:59 by ChristopherHuhn

DebianWheezy

DebianWoody

See http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/ Main.ChristopherHuhn 25 Jan 2005

NEW - 2005-01-25 - 08:25 by ChristopherHuhn

DeryptMails

Deutsche Version Im folgenden werden für verschiedene Mail Programme, die bei GSI verfügbar sind, Methoden zur Mail Verschlüsselung aufgezeigt. Thunderbird Im An...

NEW - 2013-08-14 - 13:00 by UweScholz

Desktops

r2 - 2020-10-22 - 20:15 by AndreKerkhoff

DevOpsVMs

https://github.com/vpenso/libvirt shell functions

r11 - 2012-06-12 - 14:34 by VictorPenso

DiskQuotas

DualCoreOpteron

Dual Core Opteron Systems * http://www.amd.com/us en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_8825,00.html * http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/58808 (in...

NEW - 2006-01-30 - 10:08 by ChristopherHuhn

DvdRecording

DVD recording Todo: Write documentation on burning data DVDs and CD Rs ... * k3b * growisofs Main.ChristopherHuhn 15 Mar 2005

NEW - 2005-03-15 - 13:18 by ChristopherHuhn

ELog

%IF{"'' ingroup 'ItGroup'" then="$percentREDIRECT{\"IT/Service.ELOG\"}$percent" else="$percentREDIRECT{\"https://www.gsi.de/work/it/service/elog\"}$percent" }...

r7 - 2024-06-12 - 10:06 by AndreKerkhoff

Eclipse

r3 - 2020-10-22 - 20:16 by AndreKerkhoff

EclipseIDE

Eclipse IDE framework Eclipse is a Java based modular IDE Framework. At the moment Version 3.2.1 is installed at GSI. You can start Eclipse with /usr/local/bin/ec...

r3 - 2007-01-29 - 18:03 by ChristopherHuhn

EnvironmentModules

Environment Modules DebPkg:environment modules is a tool to modify your shell environment in a comfortable and modular way. For most shells the module command is ...

r2 - 2014-09-15 - 14:30 by VictorPenso

ErsteSchritte

Erste Schritte mit einem Linux Rechner der GSI Zahlreiche Informationen zur Verwendung eines Benutzerkontos der GSI finden sich auf der offiziellen GSI Webseite ...

r17 - 2022-06-28 - 16:29 by StefanHaller

EtchUpgrade

Upgrade to Debian 4.0 (Etch) Some of this information may be obsolete! We are currently upgrading to Debian Etch. Large portions of the BatchFarm are already runn...

r9 - 2013-10-08 - 18:44 by StefanHaller

ExpectScripting

Expect Scripting Im Alltag eines Shell Benutzers ist man oft mit interaktiven Shell Programmen konfrontiert. Will man diese automatisieren, kann man standardmäßig...

r2 - 2009-02-23 - 14:46 by DennisKlein

FAQ

FairShare

Fair Share Fair share is the name of the LSF method to calculate user priorities. Scheduling of new jobs of any user is based on this priority. It is calculated ...

r6 - 2007-10-31 - 13:57 by ThomasRoth

FileSystems

GSI Linux filesystems Home file systems For personal data like source code, analysis tools ... * All home file systems are backed up daily * Space is limi...

r55 - 2022-08-03 - 17:14 by ChristopherHuhn

FirstSteps

First steps with Linux at GSI Numerous information about using your account at GSI is available on the official GSI web page: https://www.gsi.de/it service # Log...

r12 - 2022-06-28 - 16:27 by StefanHaller

FrequentlyAskedQuestions

Frequently Asked Questions What is the meaning of these "lx" host names anyway? → MachineTypes How can I use the HPC resources to do some calculations? → Clust...

r15 - 2016-01-29 - 13:09 by ChristopherHuhn

Git

GitUsage

Introduction Git is a version control system (VCS) similar to Subversion and CVS. The major difference compared to SubVersion (and the like) is its distributed ap...

r24 - 2021-11-26 - 17:54 by ThomasRoth

GnuCompilers

Gnu Compilers (gcc) The gcc suite is part of the standard installation of the LinuxFarm, installed as debian packages: Debian version GCC version Debian 6...

r4 - 2015-07-21 - 12:42 by ChristopherHuhn

GratulationWalterFuenfzigster

Prolog: Ich erteile hier das Wort Debian bei der GSI Funktioniert so gut wie nie Seit Jahren wird mit größter Kraft Alles andere abgeschafft. Mit SuSE wär das nie...

NEW - 2013-03-01 - 17:45 by ChristopherHuhn

GreencubeInfrastructureFactSheet

Green IT Cube infrastructure operating data * Hausordnung.pdf: Hausordnung (PDF file 23 kB, German only) Infrastructure networks VLAN Network Comment ...

r2 - 2023-07-17 - 13:29 by ChristopherHuhn

GridEngine

r41 - 2023-10-26 - 10:24 by AndreKerkhoff

GroupServer

Group Servers Each Linux netboot client of our farm is associated to a group server where it gets its operating system from. To reduce the load the clients are co...

r2 - 2010-05-04 - 17:45 by StefanHaller

GsTore

GsTore Existing archives 2017 12 13 lxi099:~$ /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show I get list of gStore archive names matching with '' 180 matching archiv...

r5 - 2018-03-05 - 20:09 by ThomasRoth

GsiLinuxAccount

GstoreAlice

gstore Alice archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'alice' 4 matching archives found: /alice2009ba...

r2 - 2018-03-05 - 11:41 by ThomasRoth

GstoreCbm

gstore CBM archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show cbm I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'cbm' 2...

r3 - 2018-03-05 - 11:41 by ThomasRoth

GstoreFopi

gstore FOPI archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show fopi I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'fopi' ...

r3 - 2018-03-05 - 11:41 by ThomasRoth

GstoreHades

gstore Hades archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show hades I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'hades'...

r4 - 2018-03-05 - 11:41 by ThomasRoth

GstoreR3b

gstore r3b archives //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif GsTore /cvmfs/it.gsi.de/gstore/gstore64 show r3b I get list of gStore archive names matching with 'r3b' 4...

r3 - 2018-03-05 - 11:41 by ThomasRoth

HebeFs

Lustre file system Hebe //DocumentGraphics/go_back.gif Lustre Overview Access lustre.hpc.gsi.de Path /lustre Capacity 32.6 PiB Aggr. Bandwidt...

r8 - 2021-05-17 - 11:38 by ChristopherHuhn

InfiniBand

Wikipedia:Infiniband

NEW - 2014-05-28 - 17:51 by ChristopherHuhn

IntelCompiler

Intel Compiler Suite GSI has licenses for the Intel Compiler Suite. Setup via CVMFS To setup the correct environment for the Intel Compiler Suite the environment...

r8 - 2017-08-08 - 18:42 by StefanHaller

InteractiveLustreNodes

Interactive Lustre Nodes After EOL of Kronos, some interactive machines with access to Lustre are needed. These should not be mixed with submit nodes for the Virg...

r4 - 2021-01-07 - 15:49 by ChristopherHuhn

InteractiveMachines

%IF{"'' ingroup 'ItGroup'" then="$percentREDIRECT{\"IT/Service.LinuxPools\"}$percent" else="$percentREDIRECT{\"https://www.gsi.de/work/it/service/linux/pools\...

r4 - 2022-01-10 - 17:44 by AndreKerkhoff

ItTts

JessieUpgrade

Upgrade to DebianJessie A central lxjessie64.gsi.de cluster is available. As of 12/2017 Jessie desktops are the default desktops. DebianStretch desktops are still...

r4 - 2017-12-15 - 11:02 by ChristopherHuhn

Kerberos

Kerberos central authentication infrastructure General Authentication is the process of proving who you are. Kerberos is a specification of an authentication mec...

r20 - 2021-01-07 - 15:45 by ChristopherHuhn

Kronos

KronosCluster

r138 - 2023-10-26 - 10:24 by AndreKerkhoff

KronosUsage

LennyUpgrade

Upgrade to Debian 5.0 (Lenny) Upgrade of desktop boxes to Debian Lenny is still in progress see also the ReleasePlan. If you are experiencing problems create a ...

r4 - 2011-06-30 - 17:08 by ChristopherHuhn

LibreOffice

LinuxAccount

GSI Linux accounts Applying for an account Normally Linux accounts are created together with GSI Windows accounts, so if you have a Windows account or a mailbox ...

r2 - 2016-10-26 - 13:21 by ChristopherHuhn

LinuxDesktops

Desktop PCs with Linux GSI IT offers desktop installations with Debian Linux. * central authentication * Central home directories and other shared FileSyste...

r7 - 2021-12-08 - 19:35 by ChristopherHuhn

LinuxFarm

Linux farm overview The so called Linux Farm is a centrally managed network of computers running Debian Linux. To get more detailed information please take a look...

r2 - 2010-05-04 - 18:15 by StefanHaller

LinuxGroup

The Linux folks at GSI The best approach to get in touch is to send an email to linux service@gsi.de. The Linux system administrators at GSI are: Name Email ...

r18 - 2016-01-29 - 13:09 by ChristopherHuhn

LinuxSoftware

LizenzServer

LsfUsage

LSF Load Sharing Facility Load Sharing Facility (LSF) ist ein Cluster Monitor und Queueing System. Interaktive und Batch Jobs werden mit Hilfe einer intelligente...

r5 - 2012-01-03 - 10:23 by CarstenPreuss

LsfusageEn

LSF Load Sharing Facility Load Sharing Facility (LSF) is a cluster monitoring and queuing system. Interactive as well as batch jobs are distributed throughout the...

NEW - 2006-10-16 - 13:36 by ThomasRoth

LustreFs

Lustre file systems at GSI File system State Hebe (/lustre) PRODUCTION Data safety Warning! GSI Lustre storage is not backed up! Ie. if you acciden...

r31 - 2021-05-17 - 10:40 by ChristopherHuhn

LxPool

r2 - 2020-10-20 - 14:06 by AndreKerkhoff

Lxi

MachineTypes

Common hostname prefixes for GSI Linux Farm Hosts System Type Restrictions lxi… Central Interactive Desktop Systems for interactive use, ...

r10 - 2022-12-21 - 11:18 by ChristopherHuhn

MpiCh

MPICH Message Passing Interface library * Webpage: http://www unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich/ * http://www linux.gsi.de/doc/Mpich/index.html Documentation ins...

NEW - 2005-01-12 - 18:01 by ChristopherHuhn

MyriNet

Myrinet Used for the ParallelFarm. * http://www linux.gsi.de/doc/GM 1.6.3/index.html Myrinet Driver Documentation for GM 1.6.3 Main.ChristopherHuhn 12...

NEW - 2005-01-12 - 17:55 by ChristopherHuhn

NewBatchFarm

SGE (new cluster) Access to the new cluster is via the lxsqueeze64.gsi.de pool. The new cluster (lxb682 ...) is available via SGE only and runs under LXadmin.Debi...

r2 - 2011-11-07 - 15:23 by BastianNeuburger

OpenOffice

r4 - 2020-10-22 - 20:18 by AndreKerkhoff

OpenSSL

OpenSSL OpenSSL is a cryptography toolkit implementing the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL v2/v3) and Transport Layer Security (TLS v1) network protocols and related cr...

r7 - 2023-03-21 - 14:29 by ChristianWolbert

OpenSource

Open Source * For a definition see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Source_Definition * How Open Source works: http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedra...

r4 - 2006-03-10 - 21:40 by ChristopherHuhn

PHP

PHP mit PHP auf Oracle Datenbank zugreifen Der Zugriff auf die Oracle Datenbank erfolgt über die OCI8 Schnittstelle (Dokumentation). Vorrausgesetzt ist ein insta...

r2 - 2007-09-28 - 18:07 by DennisKlein

PackageListDesktop

Installed Debian packages This package list for Debian Jessie was generated on 2016 12 09 Package Sections For an explanation of the sections see https://package...

NEW - 2016-12-09 - 19:29 by ChristopherHuhn

PackageListDevelopment

Installed Debian packages This package list for Debian Jessie was generated on 2016 12 09 Package Sections For an explanation of the sections see https://package...

NEW - 2016-12-09 - 19:34 by ChristopherHuhn

PasswordHowto

1. 1. 1. * * * FAQ Q: A: ITInfo.ItHelpDesk. Q: A: Q: A: .

r30 - 2024-12-17 - 11:37 by ChristopherHuhn

PrintingHowto

How to print with CUPS Starting with Debian Squeeze we migrated to a new printserver https://cups.gsi.de:631 using the Common Unix Print System (CUPS). CUPS offer...

r12 - 2024-07-11 - 16:49 by StefanHaller

PrintingHowtoRlpr

How to print with GSI/Linux Printing from KDE 3 All print jobs must be submitted to the central server printserver.gsi.de that takes care of print job queueing a...

r8 - 2014-09-17 - 11:08 by ChristopherHuhn

PrometheusCluster

r2 - 2020-10-22 - 20:21 by AndreKerkhoff

QRgStore

Query and Retrieve old gstore data Data archives on tape written via Gstore can be retrieved via TSM commands, now wrapped in the scripts qgstore.sh and rgstore...

r2 - 2021-01-07 - 15:14 by ChristopherHuhn

ReleasePlan

Since older versions of Debian Linux are supported for a limited time only, we are forced to update all Linux systems at regular intervals. Debian Releases (→ Deb...

r20 - 2024-12-17 - 15:00 by ChristopherHuhn

RemoteAccess

%IF{"'' ingroup 'ItGroup'" then="$percentREDIRECT{\"IT/Service.LinuxRemote\"}$percent" else="$percentREDIRECT{\"https://www.gsi.de/work/it/service/linux/remot...

r16 - 2022-02-17 - 09:41 by AndreKerkhoff

ReorganisationWwwLinux

Reorganization and upgrade of www linux http://www linux.gsi.de www linux.gsi.de , the host that serves the WebDocs of the LinuxFarm users is also its last din...

r9 - 2012-06-15 - 10:30 by ChristopherHuhn

RootDebianPackage

ROOT Debian package(s) The upstream ROOT sources already provide the possibility to create Debian packages in a rather unusual way: After unpacking the sources an...

NEW - 2005-04-27 - 15:28 by ChristopherHuhn

Ruby

Ruby Eine eigene Implementierung der Ruby Methode Array.include? Hintergrund: Das Pattern Map Das Programmierpattern Map wendet eine benutzerdefinierte Funktion...

r3 - 2007-09-28 - 18:00 by DennisKlein

SSH

r2 - 2020-10-20 - 13:58 by AndreKerkhoff

Samba

r2 - 2020-10-20 - 13:58 by AndreKerkhoff

SambaConnection

%IF{"'' ingroup 'ItGroup'" then="$percentREDIRECT{\"IT/Service.LinuxSamba\"}$percent" else="$percentREDIRECT{\"https://www.gsi.de/work/it/service/linux/samba\...

NEW - 2022-12-21 - 14:34 by AndreKerkhoff

SargeUpgrade

Upgrade to Debian 3.1 (Sarge) The upgrade of the GSI LinuxFarm from Debian 3.0 (Woody) to 3.1 (Sarge) has been completed. Preparations for booting into Sarge Bes...

r21 - 2012-01-10 - 16:46 by VictorPenso

SgeAdmin

Main.CarstenPreuss 12 Apr 2011 Using QMON Queue Control This dialog is used to show the overall cluster status as well as the status of all nodes. From here the ...

r6 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SgeAdvantages

Main.CarstenPreuss 16 May 2011 Resource based (SGE) versus slot based (LXadmin.LSF) scheduling In LXadmin.LSF we have 1 job per core. This is most of the time ine...

r3 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SgeConf

Main.CarstenPreuss 12 Apr 2011 Configuring SGE qconf There are 2 ways to configure SGE with the CLI, by predefined text files or by templates. qconf A M textfi...

r4 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SgeDisadvantages

Main.CarstenPreuss 16 May 2011 no Black Hole detection for hosts for queue instances there is something similar, but reacts mainly on problems with SGE itself, NO...

r2 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SgeEnv

Main.CarstenPreuss 12 Apr 2011 Current Environment Currently SGE is installed on lxlsftest and is exported via LXadmin.NFS to all involved (Submit and Batch ) n...

r5 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SgeInst

Main.CarstenPreuss 12 Apr 2011 How to install a master host? $SGE_ROOT/$SGE_CELL/common/sgemaster How to install an admin host? Just mount or copy /SGE from the...

r2 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SgeProblems

Main.CarstenPreuss 16 May 2011 How to use SGE in a non LXadmin.NFS environment? SGE is developed to work in a LXadmin.NFS environment, at least SGE itself is dep...

r10 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SgeUse

Main.CarstenPreuss 12 Apr 2011 ATTENTION : In SGE the help for a single command is shown by qsub/alter/... help NOT h NOR help ! Jobs qsub The easiest way to...

r7 - 2011-11-07 - 15:29 by BastianNeuburger

SlurmUsage

r55 - 2023-10-26 - 10:24 by AndreKerkhoff

SlurmUsageAdvanced

Debugging Job Environment Use srun with option pty to allocate an interactive Bash. Select the "debug" partition with option p, partition, and target the inte...

r2 - 2015-03-11 - 08:21 by VictorPenso

SoftWare

Software policy On a Linux system, there's technically no problem to install software in arbitrary location i. e. your HomeDirectory. On the other hand it mig...

r6 - 2023-02-28 - 17:27 by ChristopherHuhn

SoftwareEnvironment

Software Environment The primary source of software installed on GSI IT's Linux computers are Debian packages. For other software or additional versions we utiliz...

r3 - 2023-02-28 - 16:20 by ChristopherHuhn

SoftwareInCvmfs

Software in /cvmfs We do no longer maintain a list of software installed in CVMFS. You can access the old list here. The CvmFs Server and Repository organisation ...

r37 - 2022-08-03 - 17:22 by ChristopherHuhn

SoftwareInUsrLocal

Software in /usr/local The central /usr/local/ volume has been discontinued after DebianSqueeze. Please take a look at SoftwareInCvmfs instead. The old volume i...

r34 - 2016-11-14 - 14:06 by ChristopherHuhn

SoftwareWishlist

Software wish list The software wishlist is outdated. The possibilities to request software are described in the SoftWare policy. Main.ChristopherHuhn, Main.Tho...

r56 - 2023-02-28 - 16:31 by ChristopherHuhn

SqueezeUpgrade

Upgrade to Debian Squeeze Debian 6.0 (Squeeze) is the next to current Debian release. As of 2014 PrometheusCluster and all native Lustre clients are running Debia...

r11 - 2016-11-09 - 12:51 by ChristopherHuhn

SshUsage

%IF{"'' ingroup 'ItGroup'" then="$percentREDIRECT{\"IT/Service.LinuxRemote\"}$percent" else="$percentREDIRECT{\"https://www.gsi.de/work/it/service/linux/remot...

r50 - 2022-02-12 - 09:50 by AndreKerkhoff

SslCertificates

SSL certificates Many services at GSI are only available via SSL encrypted communication (i.e. https://..., Mailbox access, ...). The server certificates (keys) f...

r8 - 2013-12-03 - 17:47 by ChristopherHuhn

StretchUpgrade

coming soon

NEW - 2021-07-13 - 14:45 by StefanHaller

SubVersion

Central Revision Control System Subversion As a central version control system we are running a subversion server subversion.gsi.de. Repository service policy Re...

r23 - 2022-03-30 - 19:22 by ChristopherHuhn

SubVersionWebFrontendEvaluation

SubVersion web frontends 3 different SVN web frontends are currently evaluated: Tool Debian package Tested Version Implementation authz Support RSS fe...

r3 - 2007-09-06 - 18:14 by SimonLang

SunGridEngine

Main.CarstenPreuss 12 Apr 2011 SunGridEngine is an OpenSource scheduler which is currently under investigation at GSI to replace LSF. Environment * SGE Curren...

r8 - 2021-02-02 - 11:47 by ChristopherHuhn

TSM

r2 - 2020-10-20 - 13:58 by AndreKerkhoff

TipsAV

Multimedia playback Audio Video * MPEG * Apple Quicktime * Realvideo (*.ram, ...) kann mit dem RealPlayer (realplay) betrachtet werden. Main.Chr...

r2 - 2007-12-14 - 17:07 by ChristopherHuhn

TipsDircolors

Customizing the colors for ls The command line tool ls can be configured to use different colors for different file types, e.g. blue directories or red archive fi...

NEW - 2008-02-18 - 18:05 by StefanHaller

TipsEmacs

Configuration Server It is possible to run emacs in client server mode. One way of doing this comfortably is this: 1. set EDITOR to emacsclient c $@ 2. s...

r3 - 2013-08-16 - 16:13 by ThomasStibor

TipsEmail

Configure mailreaders on Linux These instructions are explaining how to access your mailbox on the GSI MS Exchange server. Actually they are not specific to Excha...

r56 - 2021-06-25 - 14:35 by AndreKerkhoff

TipsGraphicFormats

Converting different graphic formats Sometimes one has to convert some graphics to another format, i.e. jpg to ps. * One way is to open the file with an almos...

r4 - 2015-11-24 - 14:07 by IlonaNeis

TipsKDE

Tips and Tricks for KDE KDE 5 (Plasma) config files While older versions of KDE put all configuration data in ~/.kde, KDE Plasma is using ~/.config for storing ...

r4 - 2022-08-04 - 14:26 by StefanHaller

TipsKeyboard

Access to German special characters on English keyboards If you are working with X and an English keyboard you don't need to copy and paste special characters lik...

r4 - 2007-12-10 - 15:33 by ThomasRoth

TipsKonsole

Trailing white spaces when copying text When copying text from a Konsole window it may happen that the lines are as long as your terminal line length due to trail...

NEW - 2017-04-28 - 13:42 by StefanHaller

TipsMozilla

Optimizations for Firefox, Thunderbird and its relatives Since early 2005, the recommended browser is Mozilla Firefox (called Iceweasel on Debian). Since it is a ...

r22 - 2015-05-05 - 14:56 by StefanHaller

TipsOffice

LibreOffice LibreOffice is a suite of office applications for presentations, text, and spread sheet processing. It is a standard part of the LinuxDesktop installa...

r8 - 2016-02-04 - 11:00 by ChristopherHuhn

TipsPdf

PDF documents PDF readers Since Adobe's decision to discontinue the Adobe Reader for Linux you'll have to use another tool for viewing PDF files, e.g. * xpdf ...

r2 - 2016-10-28 - 16:24 by StefanHaller

TipsPmount

Mounting USB devices with pmount Usually USB devices are recognized and mounted automatically. If this does not happen, you may use pmount to mount the device man...

r4 - 2023-02-08 - 17:04 by AndreKerkhoff

TipsSort

Changing the default sort sequence Newer Linux distributions changed the default behaviour for sorting alphanumeric values. The characters are not sorted by their...

NEW - 2008-04-17 - 18:25 by StefanHaller

TipsTextFormats

Converting different text formats Line endings Sometimes you'll have to transfer plain text files from Linux to other systems like Mac or Windows. For this you'l...

r3 - 2015-05-06 - 12:28 by StefanHaller

TipsTrash

Watch your trash If you're running out of disc space ... Please keep in mind that many applications with graphical user interfaces do not really delete files but ...

r5 - 2013-10-24 - 13:13 by StefanHaller

TipsTricks

Tips and Tricks Customizing your desktop * KDE Customizing your KDE desktop * XFCE Customizing your XFCE desktop * Xmonad Customizing your Xmonad ...

r29 - 2021-07-13 - 15:00 by StefanHaller

TipsVim

Customize the settings for the editor vim The editor vim supports a bunch of useful features. You may activate them during a session or set them as your personal ...

r3 - 2016-10-24 - 19:01 by StefanHaller

TipsXFCE

Some useful tips for the XFCE desktop Using Xfce Terminal instead of Konsole Open "Xfce Menu" "Settings" "Preferred Applications", click on tab "Utilities" a...

r7 - 2021-07-13 - 14:42 by StefanHaller

TipsXmonad

Xmonad Xmonad is a tiling window manager. See http://xmonad.org/ for a description of all the goodies. * The Xmonad desktop is mouse insensitive! It is possibl...

r2 - 2013-09-13 - 19:39 by ThomasRoth

TsmBackup

%IF{"'' ingroup 'ItGroup'" then="$percentREDIRECT{\"IT/Service.LinuxHomeDirectory\"}$percent" else="$percentREDIRECT{\"https://www.gsi.de/work/it/service/linu...

r44 - 2022-06-09 - 22:48 by AndreKerkhoff

UnifiedLustre

Unified Lustre mount point * beamer_UmzugLustre.pdf: Unified Lustre mount point Issue at hand * Lustre mount point names (/hera, /lustre/nyx, /lustre/hebe)...

r8 - 2019-04-17 - 17:21 by ChristopherHuhn

UsbStorage

USB storage devices This documentation is obsolete and does not apply after the EtchUpgrade. Hot pluggable USB storage devices like memory sticks or external hard...

r2 - 2009-06-25 - 17:47 by ChristopherHuhn

UserAccounts