Linux resources
- Sign up for a CS account
if you don't have one already.
- If you're new to Linux, check out the 1-hour tutorials that the CS
department runs. They'll be offered on the following dates:
The slides from the tutorials are available here. Email rivin@cs.utexas.edu if you have any questions about the tutorials.
- Here
is a list of the CS department's public linux machines
- Brief instructions on how to SSH to a
department Linux machine
- Tutorials
on simple Linux commands
- Programming on a Linux box:
- Emacs and
VIM are two of the most
popular text editors for Linux.
- Kate is useful little
text editor for Linux.
- For bare-bones text editing, nano is kind of like
Notepad for Linux.
- GDB Help. GDB is a very useful debugging tool, and this webpage can get you started with it.