The CSIT Linux labs now house over 250 computers running Linux Mint 21.1 Vera.
You can get your own Virtual Machine copy of the lab environment from here
Student Registration and Marks System (StReaMS)
Note: As of April, 2024, StReaMS has been temporarily disabled
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Remote Access to School of Computing Linux Mint 22.04 VDI
Lab Computers
Turning On the computers.
Desktop Environment
The linux labs use a version of Ubuntu’s Gnome Desktop Environment by default. Some changes have been made so you may notice a differences if you install Ubuntu from the original install...
Log In & Log Out
Log In To login type your username into the box then press enter, then type in your password and press enter again.
Activities
The activities screen displays the currently running applications. To open the screen press the key or move the mouse to the top left corner of the screen.
Applications
The applications list if opened by clicking the 9 dots in the bottom left hand side of the screen. It will open to a list of frequently used applications with an option...
Dock
The dock is an always visible bar on the left hand side of the screen that shows running and favourite applications. When an application is running a orange dot will appear next...
Locking Computers
When you need to leave your computer for a short time, you should lock the screen, this will prevent other users accessing this machine until you return.
Sound
Adjusting Volume The output volume of the machine should be muted by default, to increase the volume use the menu in the top right hand corner with speaker and power icons. Use...
Workspaces
Workspaces allow you to place windows onto separate screen if you need more room to work. The default desktop environment has the concept of dynamic workspaces. Dynamic workspaces are added and removed...
XFCE
XFCE is also available as an alternative desktop environment for people who would prefer to use a different user interface. This is unsupported and you are encouraged to use the default environment...
File Management
The CSIT Linux Labs utilise a separate user file space (home folder) to other ANU InfoCommons labs (Windows and Mac labs).
ANU HomeDrive
Disk Quotas
Each user of the CSIT student computing environment has a quota of the available disk space on the CSIT Linux Labs file server. This disk quota is currenly 5Gb (5120 megabytes) per...
Rubbish Bin
When using the file browser to delete files, the files are placed into the Rubbish Bin folder. The files are not really deleted and will continue to count towards your disk quota....
Scratch
Scratch is a file space where you can place temporary files. The file stored here are ephemeral, which is to say they will be deleted automatically after 1 week, but may also...
Guest Session
From 2021 Semester, the Guest Session is no longer provided for security reasons.
Fixing Keyring Issues
This page details how to stop the keyring dialog boxes as shown in the screenshot below from continuously popping up when using the lab machines.
Linux Lab Presentation Displays
Availability
Printing
There are two printers in the CSIT student foyer which is centrally controlled by ITS and print jobs sent to this printers will automatically be debited from your print quota administered by...
Remote Access
The Student Computing Environment includes a remotely accessible compute-server for students to log into from home, residential colleges, work, other computer labs, or from anywhere else on the Internet.
Software Access
Access is available for students to install the same development environment on there own personal Ubuntu 20.04 machines. All of the software used by the courses in the Linux Labs is available...
Installing Software
This repository contains all the software used by the CECS Teaching Labs. To install software for your particular course run:
Virtual Machine
Virtual Box is a free general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware, targeted at server, desktop and embedded use. Dowload link of the Virtual Box (v5.2.34) can be found below.