Connecting to Bucknell's Linux machines from home or your personal machine

If you want to use the Linux machines from home or from your laptop while on campus, you may need some additional software on your computer.

• On a Macintosh, you need X11 which may be already installed on your computer. If X11.app is installed, you will find it in /Applications/Utilities. If you don't have X11 on your Mac, you can have an X11 environment by installing XQuartz from http://xquartz.macosforge.org/landing/

Start X11 and type

ssh -Y xyz01@linuxremote1.eg.bucknell.edu

where xyz01 is your user name. To start IDLE, type

idle &

To bring up the Linux File Browser, type

nautilus --no-desktop --browser &

Be sure to quit IDLE and the File Browser before quitting X11.

• On a Windows machine you will need to install a copy of Xmanager Enterprise. To install follow the directions at http://ask.bucknell.edu/?p=903

  Once you have the software installed, use it to connect to linuxremote.bucknell.edu which will present you a similar interface to what you have in the lab.

  If you need help, consult the people at the Tech Desk in the library.