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To use the cluster/UNIX systems effectively you may want to get some software. First of all if you want to edit UNIX files on your PC or Mac, then you should download an appropriate editor. This is discussed further on our file server page specifically in the section Ascii vs Binary section. To log in, you need to get a Secure Shell Client. Some options are discussed on the How to Log In Secure Shell page. Some people also use a Virtual Network Computing client for this, but we do not currently support this. You might want a secure file transfer program, as discussed on the file server page . Finally, if you are going to be running any GUI programs on the cluster you'll want some X-server software for your PC or Mac (Linux users will have this by virtue of logging in on the desktop). For Mac users, you can use the Apple provided software which you might have to download, or get off the installation media. PC users have a number of choices. Xming , and Cygwin are two free choices.
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