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--- virtualcdmlab2023 [2023/02/27 15:16] – ebertocchi
+++ virtualcdmlab2023 [2024/09/08 13:52] (versione attuale) – [The User interface] ebertocchi
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-====== Virtual CdM lab 2023+ ======
+====== Terminal server lab for 2023+ courses ======
 Students may access the software employed during the
-  * Progettazione Assisita di Organi di Macchine
   * FEM Fundamentals and Chassis Design
-  * Design and modelling of high performance combustion systems
+  * Modellazione Strutturale di Componenti Meccanici
-  * Engine components design and manufacturing
 lab sessions by logging in to a shared terminal server, and run the software from remote, see below for details.
-:!: The shared terminal server may be accessed from the university computer labs by logging in as usual, by launching a browser with ''ctrl-N'', and by reaching the [[https://x2go-cdm.ing.unimore.it]] website.:!:
+The shared terminal server may be accessed **from the university computer labs** by
+  * turning on the terminal as described [[https://web.ing.unimo.it/~acorni/shared/laboratori/20220901%20-%20Uso%20Terminali%20Lab%20Informatici.pdf|here]],
+  * logging in as usual,
+  * launching a browser with ''ctrl-N'', and
+  * by reaching the [[https://x2go-cdm.ing.unimore.it]] website.
+The last step alone should sufficient to reach the terminal server from any other web browser equipped device.
 With regard to ''wxMaxima'', you may also simply [[https://maxima.sourceforge.io/|download]] and run it locally from your pc.
-Different options -- e.g. the direct installation of the MSC.Marc/Mentat software on your Windows/iOS/[[http://distrowatch.com|Linux/BSD]]/Solaris/[[https://9front.org/|9Front]] pc, or the usage of the former 2021-22 virtual machine -- are **not** supported by the teacher.
+Different options -- e.g. the direct installation of the MSC.Marc/Mentat software on your Windows/iOS/[[http://distrowatch.com|Linux/BSD]]/Solaris/[[https://www.haiku-os.org/|Haiku]]/[[https://9front.org/|9Front]] pc, or the usage of the former 2021-22 virtual machine -- are **not** supported by the teacher.
 ====== noVNC terminal server ======
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 ''x2go-cdm.ing.unimore.it'' is a good old bare metal server like this
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-equipped with two Xeon X5675@3.07GHz hexa-core cpus, 96GB of ram, a Quadro P1000 gpu, and a few 10/15krpm disks, which is located in the MO27 building.
+equipped with two Xeon [[https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/52577/intel-xeon-processor-x5675-12m-cache-3-06-ghz-6-40-gts-intel-qpi.html|X5675@3.07GHz hexa-core cpus]], 96GB of ram, a Quadro P1000 gpu, and a few 15krpm SAS disks, which is located in the MO27 building.
-Such machine loads a [[https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/chimaera-release-announce-2021-10-14|Devuan Chimaera]] linux OS, and is kept up and running by [[http://personale.unimore.it/rubrica/dettaglio/ebertocchi|Enrico Bertocchi]].
+Such machine loads a [[https://www.devuan.org/os/announce/chimaera-release-announce-2021-10-14|Devuan Chimaera]] linux OS, and it is kept up and running by [[http://personale.unimore.it/rubrica/dettaglio/ebertocchi|Enrico Bertocchi]].
 ==== Credentials ====
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 ===== The User interface =====
-Technically, both the noVNC terminal server and the //berta// virtual machine are based upon a [[https://www.devuan.org/| Devuan Beowulf/Chimaera]] OS, running a very minimal desktop environment based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_Window_Manager|Motif Window Manager]] (''mwm'').
+Technically, the noVNC terminal server is based upon a [[https://www.devuan.org/| Devuan Beowulf/Chimaera]] OS, running a very minimal desktop environment based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motif_Window_Manager|Motif Window Manager]] (''mwm'').
 ==== Basic usage ====
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 ''Alt-Tab'' (and ''Alt-Shift-Tab'' the way back) cycles through the windows, as expected.
+==== Shared folder ====
+A shared folder ''/home/n123456/_shared'' is available for the lab exercises, which is available to all users in read-only mode, and to the teachers in read/write mode.
+The content of the shared folder is also directly reachable at the link [[https://x2go-cdm.ing.unimo.it/_shared/|https://x2go-cdm.ing.unimo.it/_shared/]].
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