Welcome to the help wiki for NIMBioS. Posted here you will find all manner of helpfulness.

NIMBioS Links to Web Resources – Various Online tools/websites links used by NIMBioS

Network Access – How to get your personal machine onto the network

Printer Setup – How to install printers

NIMBioS '18.04 Introduction – An introduction and quick tour of the NIMBioS Ubuntu-18.04-based desktop environment

NIMBioS '11.04 Introduction – An introduction and quick tour of the NIMBioS Ubuntu-11.04-based desktop environment

NIMBioS '11.04 Troubleshooting Guide – A list of known problems

Changing Your Password – How to change your password

Unix Philisophy – Because Unix is more than just an operating system, it's a way of life.

Unix Permissions – An explanation of Unix file ownership and permissions

Unix Processes – An explanation of how Unix handles running programs

Unix 101 – An absolute beginner's guide to Unix and Linux

Unix Commands – Some basic Unix commands

Unix 102 – Advanced shell usage and basic scripting

Available Software – What software is available here at NIMBioS

Email Setup – Email setup guide, for users with their own personal computers, laptops, and smartphones

Presenter's Remote – How to set up and use the presentation remote

Backup Services – What does NIMBioS do for backups?

Remote Access – How to access your files, programs, or desktop when you are away

Scanning – How to scan your documents and pictures

Windows VirtualBox – How to run Windows under Linux

Summer Research Experience (SRE) - Information for SRE's to get off the ground and running

Presentations in Rm 206 - Presentation and recording procedures for room 206

Presentations in Rm 205 - Presentation procedures for room 205

Presentations in Rm 105 - Presentation procedures for room 105

Presentations in Rm 103 - Presentation procedures for room 103

Presentations in Rm 103A - Presentation procedures for room 103A

3D Printing - About 3D Printing

Using NIMBioS' 3D Printers - How to get started using our 3D printers

ALCES - computational cluster

Linux Advocacy – Why in the world would NIMBioS run Linux instead of …!? (2010)

OSX vs. Linux – How does OSX and Linux compare? (2010)

A Plea To Software Vendors From Sysadmins - 10 Do's and Don'ts – What can software vendors do to make the lives of sysadmins a little easier?

Take This GUI And Shove It – In many cases, a command-line interface makes life easier than some fancy GUI. Here's why.

12 Reasons Why Every Linux System Administrator Should be Lazy – “If you see a sysadmin who is always running around, and trying to put down fire, and constantly dealing with production issues, you might think he is working hard, and really doing his job. But in reality he is not really doing his job.”

Unix Humor – Download a laugh.

Data Recovery – Using Linux to get your data back.

• NIMBioS IT staff will not take responsibility for your personal machine. The reader is expected to know how to administrate his or her own machine.
• The documentation above is merely for guidance. Menus, options, and commands presented may not match the reader's particular operating system, software, or versions.
• None of these documents have a brain. Readers are expected to provide their own.