Changes between Version 9 and Version 10 of Workshops/Sig Comm2022/Signup Instructions


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    296296X11 is the default windowing system on linux systems. Graphical applications on linux are X11 clients which communicate with the X server software, which is what renders the clients onto the screen and handles requests from the clients for user input. The communication between client applications and an X server can be forwarded over an ssh session, which is how [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System#Remote_desktop X forwarding] displays remote applications-- the application runs on the remote machine, but uses the ssh session to communicate with an X server on your local machine.
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    301299If you are using linux, you shouldn't need to install anything to use X forwarding, because you're already running an X server on your local machine. You simply have to run your ssh session using the -Y flag on the command line:
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    339337==== Chrome Remote Desktop ====
    340338[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome_Remote_Desktop Chrome Remote Desktop] is a remote desktop software from Google which allows you to interact with a desktop session on a remote machine from your browser. Note that using this method will link the remote desktop sessions to your google account. You'll never need to provide information about your account to the node, but you'll only be able to connect to the node using remote desktop by using the client in your browser while you are signed in to your google account.