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Computing Core Services

What is UNIX?

UNIX systems are characterized by various concepts: the use of plain text for storing data; a hierarchical file system; treating devices and certain types of inter-process communication (IPC) as files; and the use of a large number of small programs that can be strung together through a command line interpreter using pipes, as opposed to using a single monolithic program that includes all of the same functionality.

Unix Computing Support

The CSDE UNIX environment provides a variety of Linux and Solaris hardware for use by Affiliated faculty, staff, and research affiliates

• Getting a CSDE UNIX Account
• Connecting to the CSDE Unix Systems
• Using X11 with the CSDE Unix systems
• Getting Help with UNIX at CSDE

UNIX/Linux Systems available for your use

• CSDE General purpose Unix systems
• CSDE High Performance Computing
• UW Central Computing UNIX

Learning UNIX

• The Unix philosophy
• Introduction to the UNIX Operating system
• Installing Linux tutorial
• Getting Work Done - Catalyst
• Redirection - Catalyst
• Useful Commands - Catalyst
• Shells and Editors - Catalyst
• X Windows - Catalyst
• Popular Programs - Catalyst
• The Command Line - Catalyst

Hardware Specifications:

• Specifications - Sun Solaris systems
• Information on the Linux machines
• Information on the Mosix nodes

More information on CSDE Computing

• The CSDE Computer Core
• CSDE Windows Support
• Contact information/Getting HELP
• Getting a UWNetID

Getting An Account

You must have a CSDE Unix account to use the CSDE Unix and Mosix computers. This account is a seperate entity from your CSDE Windows Domain account.

The following individuals qualify for a CSDE UNIX account:

• Faculty who are listed as current CSDE affiliates.
  
  
• UW graduate students who work with a CSDE faculty affilate.
  
  
• A participant in the Unix computing cluster Co-op
  
  
• Off-campus population scientists sponsored by a CSDE faculty affiliate.

Qualified individuals may request an account via the "New Accounts" tab in the Navigation bar at the top of the page.

If you dont qualify for a CSDE UNIX account, but still want to use UNIX, your University of Washington affiliation qualifies you for a Central Computing UNIX account (C&C) for more information see the following page: http://www.washington.edu/computing/unix/

Getting a UWNetID

Access to many University of Washington services requires you have a UWNETID. Creating a UWNETID is also a method of officially recognising your relationship with the University. To request a UWNETID, go to https://uwnetid.washington.edu/newid/ and sign up for new UWNetID account.

For UWNetID changes and sponsoring UWNetID accounts for visiting researchers go to https://uwnetid.washington.edu/manage/

See HERE for information regarding how to connect to CSDE Unix systems

A list of CSDE Unix hosts is available here

Learning UNIX & Getting Help

It is certainly possible to talk generally about UNIX... how it accels at manipulating data and text files, how it is many small programs that you can string together to accomplish a bigger task... but what is most useful is to start with a specific task you are trying to accomplish and to discuss with someone the many possible ways to accomplish that task. The Computer core encourages you to contact us with such questions and challenges so that we may support you in an individual, tailored-to-your work manner.

To contact UNIX suuport, please use csde_help@u.washington.edu or contact someone in the Computing core at the phone #'s on the services/computing page.