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Editor’s note: Chrome Remote Desktop is available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad. On Mac it is available as a Google Chrome extension and as a web application. Native macOS alternative applications are available: TeamViewer and VNC Connect. Chrome Remote Desktop for Mac is a remote desktop software that allows users to access their. The MacBook line offers three distinct choices: the 13-inch Air, 13-inch Pro and 16-inch Pro. Students who need a remote learning tool are going to naturally gravitate towards one of them.

Almost all of the Structural Biology Linux workstations are on a Purdue private network and not directly accessible from outside Purdue. If you want to connect to one of our Linux workstations when you are off campus, you'll need to first connect to Purdue's VPN. See ITaP's web site for information on how to set this up.

  • For some Mac users, remote access software became a category to consider when Apple removed Back to My Mac from macOS Mojave, and it was completely turned off on July 1 of this year.
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There are several options available for remotely accessing our Linux workstations from other Linux systems, Windows PCs, or Macs. The simplest means of remote access is using an SSH client. With an SSH client you can run text-based programs such as the vi editor, ls, top, and ps. Additionally, if you have an X11 environment installed on your computer (e.g., VcXsrv for Windows or XQuartz for Mac OS X), you can even run graphical programs on your remote Linux workstation. But the X2Go client for either Windows or OS X is usually the best solution for running most graphical programs because it is very fast and easy to install.

Windows

Install an SSH client like PuTTY or SecureCRT (available for free through a Purdue site license). Be sure to set up your sessions to use the SSH2 protocol.

Installing an X11 environment on Windows is not recommended for the average user. Instead, if you need to run graphical programs, I would suggest installing an X2Go client (see below).

Mac OS X

OS X already comes with an SSH command-line client. Just open up a terminal window (Finder => Go => Utilities => Terminal, if you don't already have this app on your Dock) and type:

replacing username with your own user name and hostname with the name of the remote Linux workstation.

If you have XQuartz installed, then you can run graphical programs by running the X11 app (Finder => Go => Utilities => X11). This should open up a terminal window where you may type the following:

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The additional -Y option will allow X11 forwarding so graphical programs that you run on the remote workstations can be displayed on your local computer.

X2Go is probably the best way to run graphical programs remotely on Linux workstations. It is much faster than using X11 over SSH but there are a small number of programs that can't be run using X2Go. Most notably, PyMOL will not work with X2Go.

Here is a screenshot of CCP4 running remotely on a Linux host from a MacBook:

Download and install the latest X2Go client:

following the instructions found on the X2Go web site. The clients are under active development and I encourage you to upgrade your client every two or three months to make sure you benefit from any improvements and bug fixes that have been made.

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Only a few of the many Session types are recommended and/or supported:

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  • Single application with command Terminal
  • MATE
  • XFCE

The first option will start up a terminal window on the remote host that is displayed on your local computer. From this window you can then run any command that is available on the remote system. This is a good option to choose for most needs.

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The next two options, MATE and XFCE, will start up full MATE and XFCE desktops respectively on the remote workstation and display them as if they were running on your local computer. Because these are full desktops, they will occupy more of your local display than using just the Terminal application.

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If you have an active X2Go session, don't shut down your local computer or put it to sleep without first stopping or suspending the X2Go session. Suspended X2Go sessions may be resumed at a later time from the same local computer or even a different one.