Difference between revisions of "Notes for Windows users"

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* One option is to [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 install Ubuntu subsystem for Windows on Windows 10]
 
* One option is to [https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/install-win10 install Ubuntu subsystem for Windows on Windows 10]
 
* MobaXterm and [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html Putty] are other options.
 
* MobaXterm and [https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html Putty] are other options.
* Note that it's common for a Linux operating system to appear to mount the main Windows filesystem under /drives, usually /drives/c/, and within /drives/c directories and filenames observe such Windows conventions as capitalizing (e.g.) "Users" and "Documents".
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* Note that it's common for a Linux operating system to appear to mount the main Windows filesystem under /drives, usually /drives/c/, and within /drives/c directories and filenames observe such Windows conventions as capitalizing (e.g.) "Users" and "Documents". If you're in a Linux environment, the Windows "\" becomes a Linux "/".

Revision as of 15:53, 29 January 2019

Windows is not a UNIX or UNIX-like operating system, so there are extra steps to interfacing a Windows computer with our servers.

  • One option is to install Ubuntu subsystem for Windows on Windows 10
  • MobaXterm and Putty are other options.
  • Note that it's common for a Linux operating system to appear to mount the main Windows filesystem under /drives, usually /drives/c/, and within /drives/c directories and filenames observe such Windows conventions as capitalizing (e.g.) "Users" and "Documents". If you're in a Linux environment, the Windows "\" becomes a Linux "/".