Access to a Unix macine, including your laptop
If you use a Mac, you are almost all set. But you will still need X11 and some less
common unix stuff, see below. Since 10.8, X11 no longer comes pre-installed.
On a PC, your best bet is a dual boot system
(CentOS is best, UBUNTU is OK. Avoid Fedora unless you
have it installed already).
Otherwise, follow the link below.
A much less convenient option is to use one of machines in the CS department.
One option here is "rlogin" (ask GTA). Another is "bio" in Onufriev's lab, which yiu will need access to
anyway to login into the supercomputer.
ssh -Y cs4414@bio.cs.vt.edu
(from off campus, you may need to use ssh -p 2222 -Y cs4414@bio.cs.vt.edu )
Use the password provided in class, or ask your GTA.
Once you have logged in, read README carefully for further instructions.
UNIX support group at VT:
Everyone will eventually need LaTex -- for report preparation. Many options are available. I recommend TexMaker (a nice gui front end to Latex) for those
who never used LaTex before. To install LaTex itself http://www.tug.org/mactex/ (for OS X).
Windows users can google out a whole bunch of options too. Please stay away
from Lyx.
Everyone will need the latest Mathematica. Available from VT network software.
You do not need Unix to run it.
Access to supercomputer on the desk
First, log into "bio" above. Password: given in class.
From this machine you can access the GPU-enabled supercomputer ssh -Y CS4414@kuprin
password: given in class.