The Linux Lab's hosts have been fully updated to new Shuttle PCs, for remote access please use these stellar hostnames: altair, ankaa, antares, arcturus, avior, bellatrix, betelgeuse, canopus, capella, deneb, dubhe, hadar, mimosa, naos, polaris, procyon, rastaban, saiph, sirius, ursa.
Submitting CS homework
Please refer to our dropbox service documentation for access instructions.
Help in the lab
If you experience any technical difficulties in the lab, we encourage you to see a tutor at the front desk to ask for help. This applies especially if you encounter a problem which would require you to modify software or hardware to fix, even if you have the expertise to do so. Tasks such as replacing paper or toner cartridges in the printers can only be performed by tutors, in order to ensure that users will not have to be held liable for accidental damages.
Occasionally, systems in the CS Labs go down. In the event of a printing system failure, or the failure of any number of lab computers or peripherals, we will do our best to clearly and promptly inform users of the failure, as well as alternative locations where you can seek similar services. In the meantime, tutors will be doing everything possible to restore those services.
Documentation we maintain
Basic Unix tutorial: this tutorial serves to provide you with an overview of Unix-like systems, which includes the command line interface in Macintosh OS X (called Darwin) and Linux distributions.
LaTeX tutorial: this tutorial serves to acquaint a beginning user with LaTeX, an extremely powerful typesetting language. The tutorial's source is also available.
Photoshop tutorial, also available in Powerpoint format: this tutorial often serves as the basis for our regular Photoshop minicourse.
External documentation
The University of Chicago's Network Services and Information Technologies department, which administers the Linux Lab and the majority of campus computer labs and residential IT services, maintains an extensive documentation database.
PLT Scheme, along with its interpreter MrScheme, is a common component of introductory CS courses at the university. Documentation for MrScheme may be found on the developer site.
Have questions or suggestions about our help documentation? Let us know.