Introductory Notes
These Notes are user guides for various aspects of the School's computing service. They will help you use the Microsoft Windows, Linux and Macintosh systems within the School of Computer Science & Informatics, and help you configure your own workstation or laptop to access and use our facilities.
The Notes are listed below in 10 categories.
- General Information
- Command Interfaces
- Graphical User Environments
- Email and the World Wide Web
- Legacy Email
- Editors
- Applications
- File Interchange
- Remote Access
- Computer Science through the Web
They are available as on-line HTML pages, and as Adobe Acrobat files (PDF). Documents labelled NEW! have been created or amended within the last 3 months.
The School's supported Linux workstation version has changed to Ubuntu 10.04 for 2011-12.
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 2011-08-30 | Computing Facilities in Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | 101 | 101 |
| 120 | 2011-11-23 | Configuring Passwordless Login on Linux | 120 | 120 |
| 151 | 2010-12-11 | Printing from Linux in the the Open Source Software Teaching Laboratory | 151 | 151 |
| 152 | 2009-09-20 | Printing from Windows in the Microsoft Applications Teaching Laboratories | 152 | 152 |
| 153 | 2009-09-21 | Printing from MacOSX in the Multimedia Laboratory | 153 | 153 |
| 160 | 2011-10-07 | Printing from your Workstation or Laptop | 160 | 160 |
| 200 | 2011-09-19 | Using the University's Networks | 200 | 200 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 201 | 2004-09-12 | UNIX/Linux Shell Commands | 201 | 201 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 302 | 2011-06-16 | Introduction to the GNOME Desktop on Ubuntu 10.04 Linux | 302 | 302 |
| 303 | 2011-09-27 | Using MacOS/X in the Multimedia Laboratory | 303 | 303 |
| 304 | 2009-10-21 | Windows XP in Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics | 304 | 304 |
| 320 | 2011-06-25 | GNOME Terminal Emulator gnome-terminal | 320 | 320 |
| 321 | 2011-06-25 | Navigating Your Computer and Browsing Files on Linux with nautilus | 321 | 321 |
| 322 | 2011-06-28 | Documentation for Help and Support on the School's Ubuntu Workstations | 322 | 322 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | 2011-09-16 | Using CardiffMail Web | 401 | 401 |
| 402 | 2011-11-04 | Configuring and Using Evolution Mail for CardiffMail and Computer Science Mail | 402 | 402 |
| 403 | 2011-11-04 | Configuring and Using Macintosh Mail for CardiffMail and Computer Science Mail | 403 | 403 |
| 404 | 2011-11-04 | Configuring and Using Thunderbird for CardiffMail and Computer Science Mail | 404 | 404 |
| 405 | 2011-11-04 | Configuring and Using CardiffMail or Computer Science Mail with Microsoft Windows Outlook and Windows Live Mail | 405 | 405 |
| 451 | 2011-09-02 | Uploading and Publishing Your Own Website on the Student and Staff Users Web Server | 451 | 451 |
| 452 | 2011-03-23 | Creating a Website on the School's Project Web Server | 452 | 452 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | 2008-10-01 | Web Access to Computer Science Legacy Mail, Diary, Account and File Management | 901 | 901 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501 | 2007-09-07 | The Vi Editor | 501 | 501 |
| 502 | 2011-07-21 | GNOME Text Editor gedit | 502 | 502 |
| 503 | 2010-08-26 | NEdit Text Editor | 503 | 503 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 601 | 2011-09-12 | Accessing Oracle Database from Linux, Microsoft Windows, and the Web | 601 | 601 |
| 602 | 2010-10-02 | MySQL Databases | 602 | 602 |
| 604 | 2012-03-12 | NEW! Android Development in Eclipse | 604 | 604 |
| 605 | 2010-09-01 | Squeak Smalltalk Program Development Environment | 605 | 605 |
| 606 | 2010-09-04 | Running MATLAB on Linux or MacOSX | 606 | 606 |
| 607 | 2010-09-05 | Running Mathematica on Windows XP, Linux or MacOSX | 607 | 607 |
| 611 | 2011-09-12 | Using NEdit to Develop Java Programs on Linux | 611 | 611 |
| 612 | 2011-09-12 | Eclipse Software Development Kit for Java | 612 | 612 |
| 613 | 2011-09-12 | Using NetBeans Java Integrated Development Environment on Linux | 613 | 613 |
| 614 | 2008-10-12 | A Java Integrated Development Environment with TextPad® on Windows | 614 | 614 |
| 615 | 2011-09-12 | JavaBeans | 615 | 615 |
| 616 | 2009-07-27 | Using TextWrangler to Develop Java Programs on a Mac | 616 | 616 |
| 617 | 2009-07-28 | Using NetBeans Java Integrated Development Environment on a Mac | 617 | 617 |
| 621 | 2011-09-18 | LibreOffice Office Software Suite | 621 | 621 |
| 622 | 2011-09-12 | Using NEdit to Develop LateX Documentation on Linux | 622 | 622 |
| 631 | 2011-09-18 | Firefox Web Browser on Linux | 631 | 631 |
| 641 | 2008-04-25 | Submitting Coursework over the Web | 641 | 641 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 701 | 2008-10-03 | Making Your Linux Filespace a Network Drive on Laboratory Windows PCs | 701 | 701 |
| 702 | 2011-09-19 | Accessing Novell Windows and Macintosh Files from the Linux Laboratory | 702 | 702 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 801 | 2011-09-19 | Logging in to Linux from Outside the University | 801 | 801 |
| 802 | 2011-09-19 | Connecting to the Linux GUI Remotely | 802 | 802 |
| 810 | 2010-03-01 | Accessing Files Remotely | 810 | 810 |
| 831 | 2010-03-01 | Accessing Your University Files Remotely from Windows and Vista | 831 | 831 |
| 832 | 2010-03-01 | Accessing Your University Files Remotely from Linux PCs and Laptops | 832 | 832 |
| 833 | 2010-03-01 | Accessing Your University Files Remotely from a Macintosh | 833 | 833 |
| No. | Revision Date |
Title | Note in HTML |
Note in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 901 | 2008-10-01 | Web Access to Computer Science Legacy Mail, Diary, Account and File Management | 901 | 901 |
| 902 | 2010-09-27 | Using the School's Web Proxy Service | 902 | 902 |