CS246 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cygwin, Xming, Text Editor
23 Apr 2015
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Note: you should only follow one of these suggestions - e. g. cygwin or putty but not both. 2. 1 xserver: to run x (read: graphical) applications, your computer needs to be running an x server, linux installations by default are running one, osx installations may or may not be (depends on osx version) See the xquartz project for more information. Http://xquartz. macosforge. org: windows will also require an xserver - we recommend xming. 2. 3 terminal - osx, cygwin, linux: open the terminal, enter the command: ssh -y your-username@linux. student. cs. uwaterloo. ca. Note that the -y option allows for x11 forwarding (e. g. graphical applications) Username refers to your quest username: enter your quest password. Do not be alarmed if you do not see any text when doing so. Hit enter/return when you have completed entering your password. If this doesn"t work then you need to reset your password. Visit http://www. student. cs. uwaterloo. ca/password to do so: note that your default shell may not be bash.
