It's always good to have access to a Linux system; fortunately the College has a Linux lab with a few dozen machines running Linux. To access these, you first need to go to the W.E.B. and ask for your Linux account information (everyone registered for this class has one). From there, you may either go directly to the Linux lab room (130), or you may connect to those machines via the Internet (you'll get a sheet with this information).
You will need ssh (secure shell) to connect to the ITS computers. ssh comes
with Linux, Unix or the Mac operating system, but if you use Windows, you will need to install
MS windows OS you will need to install some software.
Try one, or all. (putty and BitVise have GUI interfaces)
On Mac and Linux machines, or using the Windows command prompt, connec to a Linux machine with a command like
ssh <username>@<address>
where <username> is the username you are given at the W.E.B., and <address> is one of the IP addresses listed below
While there are quite a few machines in the lab, only a small handful can be accessed directly from off campus. Their IP adddresses are:
146.245.252.150
146.245.252.151
146.245.252.31
146.245.252.34
146.245.252.35
146.245.252.41
This is very important: over ssh, you will not be able to access the full graphical user interface you could use if you were "in person." You are limited to using the terminal. This is a situation that may arise often in your career; this is a large part of why I'm encouraging you to use and learn vim in this class: it's designed to use without a GUI and without a mouse, so it works perfectly in this kind of situation.