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When you connect to RedBrick, you are creating a remote connection to our servers, most likely [[minerva]] (the main login machine). This uses SSH, or Secure Shell, to encrypt data and allow you to use your user account as though you were sitting at the actual machine. [[Connect|Click here to get connected to RedBrick.]]
When you connect to RedBrick, you are creating a remote connection to our servers, most likely [[minerva]] (the main login machine). This uses SSH, or Secure Shell, to encrypt data and allow you to use your user account as though you were sitting at the actual machine. [[Connect|Click here to get connected to RedBrick.]]


Our servers all run Unix-like operating systems, the most common being Ubuntu, a distribution of GNU/Linux. There are plans for a Windows machine to facilitate .NET and other such development, which should be available soon. For more information on the machines, please see the [[Redbrick_Hardware|inventory]].
Our servers all run Unix-like operating systems, the most common being Ubuntu (a distribution of GNU/Linux). There is no graphical interface and everything is done by keyboard. There are plans for a Windows machine to facilitate .NET and other such development, which should be available soon.
 
For more information on the machines, please see the [[Redbrick_Hardware|inventory]].


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