1. Dongsoo S. Kim dskim@iupui.edu

2.  You need an account to access the ECE Unix system The Unix account name and password are identical to IUPUI email ID and password, but You must ask Rob Meagher (rmeagher@iupui.edu) to initiate yours.rmeagher@iupui.edu  You need an access to SL143 Your student ID card (jagtag) will be used to enter the lab, but You must ask Jeff Sears (SL 141A) to register your card. 2

3.  SUN Microsystems’ SPARC servers vlsi.ece.iupui.edu tiger.ece.iupui.edu bear.ece.iupui.edu and several workstations in SL 143  Software General Applications: open office, firefox, thuderbird, gimp, latex, … Electronics: Mentor Graphics, Cadence, Network Simulator: ns2 3

4.  The ECE Unix supports 3 interfaces Traditional CDE KDE Java Desktop (recommended) 4

5.  No legacy network application is allowed due to security reasons telnet, rlogin  The basic remote access is thru secure shell Applications:  OpenSSH (www.openssh.com)www.openssh.com  PuTTY (www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/)www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/  Connectivity Secure Shell (SSH) 2008 (iuware.iu.edu) with Request Accessiuware.iu.edu Strength  Efficiency for network bandwidth Drawback  Must use terminal-based applications only. 5

6.  X Windows servers Exceed – commercial.  iuware support some level Reflection X – commercial Cygwin/X – freeware  x.cygwin.com x.cygwin.com  A port of Unix/X-Windows to the MS Windows™  Strength Use X-windows applications to MS Windows.  Drawback Cost Users must know the command of an application Broadband needed 6

7.  Virtural desktop on Windows NX Client (www.nomachine.com) – freewww.nomachine.com Check a CNC web for config. Info and password: https://www.et.iupui.edu/cnc/Research_Web/nx/nx.as px https://www.et.iupui.edu/cnc/Research_Web/nx/nx.as px  Strength Same interface as a native Unix machine on MS Windows  Drawback Broadband needed In progress of installation. Unstable. 7

8.  Nautilus A default file browser for Java Desktop Simple and easy Customized for SUN Unix system  Konqueror A default file browser for KDE Rich Features Generic 8

9.  Gedit graphical interface, easy  Vi (vim, gvim) The basic for Unix users.  Emacs ( xemacs) Rich feature  Pico Simple but not worth 9

10.  StarOffice – a complete set of office applications Word processing, spreadsheet, database, drawing, presentation  LaTeX – a set of typesetting applications  Gimp – image editor as Adobe Photoshop  Firefox – web navigator  Thunderbird – email client  Many others 10

11.  Simply insert your USB memory into a free USB port of the Sun Ray terminal.  It will be automatically mounted under /tmp/SUNWut/mnt/  For your convenience, do the following at the shell prompt: % cd % ln –s /tmp/SUNWut/mnt/$USER usbdrive % cd usbdrive % ls  For more info, visit https://www.et.iupui.edu/cnc/Research_Web/usbdrive.html https://www.et.iupui.edu/cnc/Research_Web/usbdrive.html 11

12.  Usage: rdesktop options server_name  Example rdesktop cnc24hour.engr.iupui.edu  More MS windows servers will be listed. 12