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help:general_linux:x2go [2019/02/05 15:10]
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 ====About==== ====About====
-X2Go is a program that lets you use your account's desktop remotely.  Imagine that you want to do work using DrScheme (or DrRacket, Netbeans, etc.) from your home computer but don't want to deal with the fuss of copying your work onto your CS account afterwards. **With X2Go, you can use your home computer as if it were a computer in Sanders Physics**.  You can view the exact same desktop that you always see on your CS account and run all your favorite programs.  It is as if you were sitting in front of a computer in the lab, but from the comfort of your own home.+X2Go is a program that lets you use your account's desktop remotely.  Imagine that you want to do work using DrRacket (or DrScheme, Netbeans, etc.) from your home computer but don't want to deal with the fuss of copying your work onto your CS account afterwards. **With X2Go, you can use your home computer as if it were a computer in Sanders Physics**.  You can view the exact same desktop that you always see on your CS account and run all your favorite programs.  It is as if you were sitting in front of a computer in the lab, but from the comfort of your own home.
  
 ====Features==== ====Features====
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 ====Installation==== ====Installation====
-Does X2Go run on my operating system? Yes, it does! Installation instructions for OS X, Windows, or any Ubuntu based operating system (Mint, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.), are found below.  +Does X2Go run on my operating system? Yes, it does! Installation instructions for macOS, Windows, or any Ubuntu-based operating system (Mint, Ubuntu, Xubuntu, etc.), are found below.  
-  * OS X -- [[help:general_linux:x2go:apple | click here! ]]+  * macOS -- [[help:general_linux:x2go:apple | click here! ]]
   * Windows -- [[help:general_linux:x2go:windows | click here! ]]   * Windows -- [[help:general_linux:x2go:windows | click here! ]]
   * Ubuntu -- [[help:general_linux:x2go:linux | click here! ]]   * Ubuntu -- [[help:general_linux:x2go:linux | click here! ]]
  
 ====Using X2Go==== ====Using X2Go====
-<note warning>Please note, that after you have a session running, simply closing the X2GO window does **NOT** end the session.  This can create issues, especially if you have a web browser, //Netbeans//, //DrRacket// or whatever running.  **WHEN you are done with the session, __make SURE you log out !!!__** </note>+<note warning>Please note, that after you have a session running, simply closing the X2GO window does **NOT** end the session.  This can create issues, especially if you have a web browser, //Netbeans//, //DrRacket// or whatever running.  **WHEN you are done with the session, __make SURE you log out!__** </note>
 So you've installed the X2Go client on your computer and have just opened up the client for the first time!  Here's how to connect to the school computers: So you've installed the X2Go client on your computer and have just opened up the client for the first time!  Here's how to connect to the school computers:
  
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-  * Step 2: Enter "Mote" for session name.  For "Host:" enter "mote.cs.vassar.edu" For login, enter your computer science account name. Leave "SSH port:" as 22.  At the bottom, change "Session type" to "**MATE**" Leave everything else as is.+  * Step 2: Enter "Mote" for session name.  For "Host:" enter "mote.cs.vassar.edu" For login, enter your computer science account name. Change "SSH port:" to 443.  At the bottom, change "Session type" to "**MATE**" Leave everything else as is.
  
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  <note>FIX: Mac keyboard = After logging in, to configure KEYBOARD : Start --> System Tools --> X2GO Mac Keyboard</note>  <note>FIX: Mac keyboard = After logging in, to configure KEYBOARD : Start --> System Tools --> X2GO Mac Keyboard</note>
  
-====Troubleshooting==== 
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-   * If installing on a Mac, ensure that xquartz (https://www.xquartz.org/) is installed.