https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ 2026-04-14T19:27:22+00:00 https://www.cs.vassar.edu/ https://www.cs.vassar.edu/_media/favicon.ico text/html 2011-02-09T16:47:28+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/printing_tips?rev=1297270048&do=diff Printing Tips Printer Name Changes and your .bashrc If you are having problems with command line printing it may be because your .bashrc is not using the correct printer name. Have a look at your .bashrc file. Near the top there are some lines that set your default printer. If they don't look like the lines below, then cut out everything in your .bashrc from &&```````````` text/html 2010-08-31T20:47:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/recently_installed_software?rev=1283287649&do=diff Recently Installed Software Linux Labs and Desktops * Google-Chrome yes, chrome is available on the CS system, however, there are a few hoops to jump through. For information and instructions on running google-chrome from within your CS account see: ```````````````````````````````````````````````````` text/html 2012-11-12T16:27:06+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2012-11-12_mote_migration?rev=1352737626&do=diff 2012-11-12 Mote Migration The new remote access server is finally ready for general usage. This means everyone will have remote access to a system that has all the same software and settings as a department workstation. Fire up Racket and do your CMPU 101 homework, submit your CMPU 203 homework assignment, or just open up IDLE to work on your NLTK work, whatever you need. text/html 2015-08-27T14:13:27+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/status/2013_winter_updates?rev=1440684807&do=diff 2013 Winter Updates Welcome back. There has been some good quiet time in January which works well for pushing out updates. All of the workstations remain on Ubuntu 12.04.1, but several components have been updated. So that you are aware here are the bigger updates to have occurred. text/html 2011-04-01T15:28:37+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/tips/update-alternatives?rev=1301671717&do=diff update-alternatives: error In the event that an execution of “apt-get install” terminates following an error of the following type: (Terminal output for attempted set-up of sun-java6-plugin while /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so is being managed by mozilla-javaplugin.so~): text/html 2012-11-12T15:29:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www.cs.vassar.edu/old_pages/vnc/linux?rev=1352734187&do=diff Using VNC on Linux Unlike many other operating systems, Linux uses an X server for graphical display, which allows network redirection. This me ans that you can easily have a secure remote display without using VNC by tunneling through ssh using 'ssh -X'. None the les s, if for some reason you would still like to use VNC, this page describes the process for getting it to work.