Online Meeting tech tips
In July 2024, Professor Iain Murray posted some tips to help with online meetings.
We thought they were so good that we've reposted them here.
OpenVPN for Windows 11
This page contains instructions on how to run OpenVPN on Windows 11 to connect to the Informatics endpoints. Note that we no longer support Windows 10, and that OpenVPN may require administrator rights in order to run properly, depending on which version you are using.
DICE Ubuntu Jammy release notes
Most DICE computers use Ubuntu Linux. This page is about DICE Ubuntu Jammy.
To see changes to this page, please return here from time to time. All DICE release notes are listed at ⇒ DICE release notes.
Upstream
DICE Ubuntu Jammy uses Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish).
DICE release notes
Every few years, DICE moves to a newer version of Linux.
Login problems
Are you having problems logging in? Here are some tips.
Use your username
When you login to a DICE Linux computer, use your DICE username.
That username is the same as your University Username ("UUN" for short). For students it's the letter "s" followed by your matriculation number.
For example, if your username is s2345678 then you type this to login: s2345678
Do not type: UUN
Do not type: [s2345678]
What's a firewall?
A firewall is like a doorman who keeps unwanted people out of a building.
Imagine that you are at home, using your laptop, and you want to use a computing service that's at the University. When your laptop tries to contact the University computer, its network traffic has to cross the internet, then go through the University's firewall computers.
The job of these firewall computers is to allow through only legitimate, harmless-looking traffic. Unwanted network traffic is not passed through, so it never arrives at the University computers.
Forum B.Z14 GSS
This page contains more information on how the Gas Suppression System ("GSS") operates in B.Z14.
Forum B.02 GSS
This page contains more information on how the Gas Suppression System ("GSS") operates in B.02.
Forum server room gas suppression system ("GSS")
The B.02 and B.Z14 server rooms are fitted with a gas suppression system ("GSS"), which may be operated automatically by the smoke detectors covering the rooms.
Linux
The School's DICE computers use Linux.
Introduction to DICE
We've put together a couple of short tutorials for you:
- ⇒ Introduction to Informatics Computing for undergraduates.
- ⇒ Introduction to Informatics Computing for research students.
If you would rather learn from a video, there are Linux courses on LinkedIn Learning: