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SUMMARY:Open Meeting : Upgrade of Linux desktops to SL6 - Mike Rose
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CONTACT:Mike Rose
DESCRIPTION:A very significant upgrade will soon be made to all managed Li
 nux desktop computers in DAMTP and DPMMS\n(from Scientific Linux 5 to SL6)
 .\n\nEven if you only make very occasional use of the Linux computers this
  upgrade is very likely to affect\nyou.\n\nThere is an Open Meeting (with 
 nibbles and feel free to bring your lunch with you) this Friday\n(24/05/20
 13) at 3pm. The new Scientific Linux 6 (SL6) desktop will be briefly demon
 strated and then\nthe floor opened to questions\, followed by social mingl
 ing and Maths Computer Officers being available\nto discuss anything compu
 ting and IT.\n\nComputing and IT Open Meeting : SL6 Upgrade\nPav B Common 
 room (B1.19)\n12:00pm\nTuesday 28th May\n\nSome of the significant changes
  are:\n\n- power saving: Linux computers that are idle and not exporting s
 torage will shut-down if no-one is\nlogged in\n\n- up-to-date texlive LaTe
 X installation: provides many more packages and requires a different\nTEXI
 NPUTS and PATH which are set centrally. If your login does not use the cen
 tral login scripts\nplease consult the documentation: http://www.maths.cam
 .ac.uk/computing/tex/\n\n- login shell: the default PATH is changing (addi
 ng /alt/bin for some central software)\, default\naliases for commands suc
 h as "ls" are changing\nhttp://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/computing/sl6/63.html\n
 \n- email for mutt and pine users: for local email users (not the Universi
 ty email service called\nHermes) local nfs is no longer supported. Thunder
 bird and webmail users should not be affected. For\nmost users of pine and
  mutt you will either need to type your password each time you use your ma
 il\nclient or make a small configuration change: http://www.maths.cam.ac.u
 k/computing/sl6/63.html\n\n- printing: all printers in DPMMS and DAMTP wil
 l be listed\n\n- dropbox will not install centrally (bug reported)\, but t
 here is a user maintained version available.\nhttp://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/c
 omputing/sl6/63.html\n\n- software such as the Google Chrome browser\, VLC
  media player\, Skype\, and the latest R are included\nwith the Maths SL6 
 system\n\nThere is more information about the above points and other parts
  of the new SL6 at:\nhttp://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/computing/sl6/63.html\n\nT
 here are test computers in each pavilion and if you would like your comput
 er upgraded sooner rather\nthan later please contact sl63@maths.cam.ac.uk\
 n\nIf you are unable to attend this Open Meeting but are interested to lea
 rn more then please first\nconsult: http://www.maths.cam.ac.uk/computing/s
 l6/63.html\nand then request further information from sl63@maths.cam.ac.uk
 \n
LOCATION:Pavilion B Common Room\, B1.19\, at the CMS
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