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(Please find below a copy of the computing help page on the math department web space. The links need to be fixed. Also, the content needs to be revisited and developed in more detail. 06:22, 1 December 2009 (UTC) ) Update: The links have been added and many of the pages have been input into the new CMS format. Please feel free to update or add any links as seen necessary or indicate if you think any of these links should have the information pulled directly into this wiki (such as the Wireless Access for Visitors at the top of this page). Pamb 18:51, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
We need to move all the content linked below and presently on www into the wiki. Colliand 02:42, 16 April 2010 (UTC)
Welcome to the Computing Help page for the Department of Mathematics
The following pages provide links to various helpful pieces of information that you can access from your web browser.
- IT Status Blog
- Check on the current status of the departmental computing systems
- Webmail
- Access your departmental email via the web (not as fancy as gmail but works as long as folders are not too large)
- Contact User Support
- Find places where you can ask your questions
- Secure Shell Information
- Set up secure (encrypted) communication on your system for contacting coxeter and other machines
- Hardware (MAC) Addresses
- How to obtain your compter's hardware address
- Wireless Networking
- Wireless networking at the Department of Mathematics
- CTWM Man Page
- The man page for the CTWM windows manager (the new coxeter interface)
- Pegasus 4.21c
- Click on the link to download the Pegasus email client for Windows
- Mindterm Information
- Access coxeter securely from remote sites using a web browser
- New User Computer Handout (Part 1) and New User Computer Handout (Part 2)
- PDF version of the document given out to new users
- University Site Licence Office
- Additional software that you wish to purchase may be covered by a University site licence
- Symantec Norton Antivirus
- Available to faculty, staff, and students for office and home machines
- Printing Help
- Some limited information about printing in the Department of Mathematics
- Setting Up An Automatic Email Reply Message
- Information on setting and terminating a vacation message
- Using Firefox in Coxeter
- How to set up firefox the first time you use it (also describes how to limit your Cache size in case it is causing you to go over quota)
- Creating a Webpage
- How to request and set up a web page
- Quotas
- Information about quotas on disk usage on Coxeter
- Available Departmental Software
- PDF document containing information on software available through the Department of Mathematics
- Remote Access to the UofT Library Electronic Resources
- How to access Library Resources from your home computer
- Information on Running Large Jobs on Coxeter
- Information on what to do if you need to run jobs on coxeter that require large amounts of temporary disk space or cpu usage
Additional Links
Below are links relating to IT (information technology) that may be useful for members of our department.
- Electronic Journals at the University of Toronto
- RCAT (Resource Centre for Academic Technology) at the University of Toronto
- The Comprehensive LaTeX Symbol List
- in PDF format, with thanks to the Comprehensive TeX Archive Network (CTAN)
- or type on UNIX prompt
% texdoc comprehensive
