Linux remote desktop: X2Go

X2Go is a remote desktop alternative to the Ubuntu computer room facilities for Science faculty students. Current status is: Proof of Concept but because of the campus lockdown it can can already be used in education. We will maintain and develop this service to become permanent.

Installation Guide

install&setupGuide (PDF)

Notice: in order to achieve optimal performance, it is important to set the Compression method to 4k-png (also see Guide)

Currently available software

(May2020)

avogadro 1.2.0
chimera 1.11.2
cloog-isl
clustalo 1.2.4
cmake
cmake-curses-gui
codeblocks IDE 16.01
cpp4-7
coot-0.8.7
dssp 3.0.0
eval2017
ferret
flex
ffmpeg
gap
gcc 7.5.0
geomview 1.9.5
gfortran 7.5.0
ghc-8.0.2 (Haskell/Haddock)
gnudatalanguage
gnuplot 5.2
gprolog 1.4.5
grace 5.1.25
graphviz
gromacs (gmx version 2018.1)
ghostsscript   gv
inkscape 0.9.2
java (sdk 1.8.0)
kash3
lammps
leafpad 0.8.18
ncview
ncl-ncarg
nedit
netcdf-bin
paraview 4.0.1
pari-gp
plplot-tcl
pymol 1.8.4.0
python2.7, python3.6 en python 3.8
python3-biopython
qhull-bin
R 3.6.3
root
rstudio
xfig 3.6.2a

Currently unavailable software

- maple, mathematica, matlab due to licensing issues

Release Notes

- 16/09/2020: updated installation instructions due to Windows10 incompatibility issues

- 12/05/2020: you can now mount your user homedir (instead of local)

- 21/05/2020: Rstudio graphics support issues solved

- 14/07/2020: changed session type from terminal to desktop (xfce) to solve multiple window repaint issues and provide environment similar to computer room (also see install guide for new settings)

- 22/07/2020: Chimera graphics support issues solved

Planned enhancements

- local printing

- solve graphics card support issues