Leland Stanford Junior University

Distributed Computing Consulting
Sweet Hall, 2nd Floor
Desk Hours: M-F 9 am - 6 pm; Cluster Always Open

Stanford IT Help Desk -- (650) 725-4357
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Introductory Classes

UNIX Introductory Classes

Unix 1 | Unix 2 | X-Windows | Newsgroups | Editors

Stanford provides a variety of computer resources for its academic community, including the distributed UNIX environment called the Leland System. The following classes will give you a basic understanding of how to use these computers.

*April*
Monday 4/07/03	Tuesday 4/08/03	Wednesday 4/09/03	Thursday 4/10/03	Friday 4/11/03
12pm Unix 1	12pm Newsgroups	12pm Unix2	12pm X-Windows	no classes

There is no sign-up required for these classes; they are all held on a first-come, first-served basis. All classes will be held in an interactive classroom in Wilbur Module B, which is located east of Wilbur Hall at the corner of Campus Drive and Escondido Road.

For more information, contact the ITSS Help Desk at 725-4357.

Unix 1

This class provides an introduction to the UNIX operating system that runs on the workstations in Sweet Hall (HP, Sun and SGI), and on elaine, tree and amy. Topics in this first class include opening an account, file system organization, basic system commands, printing and and communication, information on text editors, and other basic concepts necessary for the use of the UNIX environment.

Unix 2

This class provides an introduction to the UNIX operating system that runs on the workstations in Sweet Hall (HP, Sun and SGI), and on cardinal, tree and amy. Topics in the second class include more information on UNIX including information on customizing a UNIX environment and running multiple processes, and using the AFS filing system.

Introduction to X Windows

This class provides an introduction on how to use and customize the X Window system on the DEC and Sun Unix workstations.

This class provides an introduction to the UNIX-based electronic bulletin board service. trn, a UNIX news application that can be used to read and to submit news articles will be demonstrated.