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Important changes with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to clz image
Changes: 08-07-2019
Home directory
You now have a local home directory in /nethome/"solis-id"
Your Bèta home directory ( S drive ) is not mounted by default anymore!
In the near future your home directory will be available as /science/users/"solis-id"
Mounting your old home directory staff/students
Open Nautilus filemanager from Dash sidebar ( Archive icon )
Select Other Locations
Connect to server smb://storage3.science.uu.nl/"solis-id"
Connect
Bookmark specific folders in Nautilus filemanager
Open Nautilus filemanager from Dash sidebar ( Archive icon )
Select Other Locations
Click on Computer
Browse to the folder you want
Press ctrl - D to bookmark this folder
On the left side of Nautilus an icon represent your current selection
This bookmark will continue to exist for subsequent logins
To remove this bookmark
Right click bookmark and select Remove
Users with a migrated / new home directory can bookmark their user directory
/science/users/"solis-id"
Mounting solis U drive
Mount your U-drive with the script: udrive It will ask for your solis password.
Your solis U-drive data are now accessable via /udrive and will be disconnected on logout.
Check diskspace
Check yourself if the local system disk is getting low on diskspace with the following terminal command:
df -h /
See value at Use% column.
Make regularly a backup of important data to your home directory or U-drive.
Project space
General project folders are now mounted via: /science/projects/"project name"
Specific folders for education, like; aw, bio-binf, molmod and structbiol are mounted via /science/projects/clz-local/"project name"
Info for teachers
For those of you with write permission.
The project spaces /science/projects/clz-local/"project name" are also
accessable via gemini.science.uu.nl and can be used to update your
software and documentation yourself.
Applications
The icon Show Applications (9 dots icon, lower left corner on Dash sidebar ) displays the most important user applications. Select all to see all applications.
Environment setup for specific applications
First open a terminal window ( ctrl alt t )
Using root package: go to a directory with write permissions and
source /science/projects/clz-local/apps/root/bin/thisroot.sh
Using crystallography programs:
go to a directory with write permissions and
source /science/projects/clz-local/apps/kristal/setup_env.sh
You can read this text again with the program changes-clz (top icon in Dash sidebar)
Exchange files
Use Filezilla to exchange data with other netwerk storage.
HowTo
Click Filezilla icon from Show Applications (9 dots icon, lower left corner on Dash sidebar ) to start the program
- Open Site Manager from File menu
- Select New Site
Fill in some fields:
Host: gemini.science.uu.nl Protocol: SFTP - SSH File Transfer Profocol Logon Type: Ask for pasword
- Connect
Remember passwords?
- Do not save passwords
OK
Enter username and password
OK
Unknown host key
OK
Now your files should appear in Remote site window pane.
To exchange data just drag and drop file from Local site to Remote site or visa versa.
Disconnect from currently visible server by selecting icon with red cross in toolbar.
Log out from Ubuntu desktop
Select Power off / Down arrow from top right corner desktop Select your account and logout
Shutdown or restart PC
After log out select Power off icon again and select shutdown or restart.
Automatic reboot
At 11 pm this PC will shutdown from Linux and reboot to allow installing MSWindows updates.