Users can access the Sun environment as follows:
Upon logging in locally on a Sun machine, the user is presented with an X-Windows graphical environment with the user's home directory NFS-mounted.
Upon logging in remotely via 'ssh' or an ssh-based client (such as 'PuTTY'), the user sees a Unix terminal window with the user's home directory NFS-mounted. Please see our Remote Connectivity page for detail on ssh-based clients.
Software available on Sun machines includes Firefox, Mathematica and Adobe Reader.
See our Software Packages webpage for more information.
For information re E-mail, please see our E-mail webpage.
For information re printing, please see our Printing webpage.
For information re the Common Desktop Environment (CDE) on Sun, please see our CDE webpage.