The staff maintain several instructional computing laboratories in GDC which are open to students in the department. You must have a UTCS account to access the machines in these labs. All CS students are eligible, as are non-CS majors who are enrolled in a qualifying class. An account can be requested here.

List of public UNIX hosts and their status

Remote login machines

In addition to the public machines in the labs, there are several machines (running the Linux OS Ubuntu Lucid Lynx) set up for remote access only. They are as follows:

Group DescriptionCommand to run to get a listCameras - 10 64-bit machines named after camerascshosts camera64Sins - 7 64-bit machines named after sinscshosts sins64Virtues - 7 32-bit machines named after virtuescshosts virtues32

The UTCS public labs

GDC 3.302

Located on the third floor of GDC, this lab has 96 stations, each with two machines - one running the Linux OS Ubuntu Precise Pangolin and the other running Windows 7, with a button to switch between the two. There are two printers located in this room, lw301 (for printing from Linux) and a microlab printer (for printing from Windows).

GDC 1.310

Located in the basement of GDC, this lab has 49 stations, each with two machines - one running Linux OS Ubuntu Precise Pangolin and the other running Windows 7, with a button to switch between the two. There are two printers located in this room, lw37 (for printing from Linux) and a microlab printer (for printing from Windows).

GDC 2.506

Also known as the Lockheed-Martin Teaching Lab, located all the way to the East end of the North building of GDC. It has 26 stations with two machines each, one running Windows 7 and one running the Linux OS Ubuntu Precice Pandolin, with a button to switch between the two. This lab is occasionally reserved for classes, per the calendar located here or flyers posted in the lab.