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

New Software to Access GL — an overview of secure shell and file transfer software for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

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.
FireFTP — file browsing and transfer extension for Firefox; similar to WinSCP, but runs in Firefox on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Install in Firefox from the Tools —> Add-ons menu; search for FireFTP.

Remotely Accessing the GL Servers

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

UNIX/Linux Resources

Codeacademy Learn the Command Line course
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