This page provides information on where to seek help, how to download terminal and file transfer software, and how to interact with the GL Linux systems.

Where to Get Help

• Course Staff — You are welcome to stop by any staff member's office hours.
• Learning Resources Center — can arrange to provide one-on-one tutoring for most 100 and 200 level classes (including CMSC 202)
• UMBC Division of Information Technology (DoIT) — help with your GL account

Downloads

SSH Clients

• PuTTY — a terminal emulator to connect your Windows PC/laptop to the GL servers.
• Secure Shell App for Chrome — an SSH client that runs in your Chrome browser.
• TeraTerm Pro with SSH for Windows — a terminal emulator to connect your Windows computer to the GL servers.

File Transfer Tools

• WinSCP — file browsing and transfer tool for Windows.
• FileZilla — file browsing and transfer tool, similar to WinSCP, but runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.

Remotely Accessing the GL Servers

• Working from Home — a talk presented by Dan Hood (Fall 2008)

UNIX/Linux Resources

• CMSC 121: Introduction to Unix webpage (Fall 2004)
• Basic UNIX commands
• Detailed UNIX commands
• Basic Emacs commands
• Emacs reference card
• Complete Emacs manual
• Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial