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Laboratory Session I: OS X Unix and Visualization


1. The Computational Physics Laboratory

As an important part of the new Computational Physics Program, in a collaborative effort with UCSD Academic Computing Services, we built a computational physics laboratory which is located at 4623 Mayer Hall. The laboratory has a farm of modern workstations with scientific visualization and multimedia capabilities, access to a server of sufficient computational power and disk storage to implement the software gracefully, and auxillary equipment. The configuration of the workstation platform was designed to be flexible with fast ethernet connection providing access to the campus and the Internet.

Laboratory Setup:

  • Accounts
  • Network
  • File System
  • Printing
  • Operating System
  • Assignment: Familiarize yourself with the Computer Lab setup as much as possible. Get your account working, check out your file system, check out the printer environment.


    2. Unix Tutorials 

    Basic Unix Tutorial

    Unix Tutorial

    We will practice the following selected topics:

  • Work With Your Users Account (Intro)
  • Getting Started
  • OS X Desktop
  • The Shell
  • Assignment: Work through the selected topics as listed above.


    3. C tutorial and Gnu web site

  • web link to C programming course


    C Programming tutorial

  • GNU Software


  • 4. Safari WEB Browser

    The main functions of Safari:
  • Browsing on the Internet
  • Reading manuals
  • Displaying animations
  • Assignment: Set up Safari according to your preferences.

     


    5. First Look at Data Visualization: GNUPLOT, MATLAB

  • GNUPLOT WEB SITE FOR INFORMATION

  • GNUPLOT ONLINE DOCUMENTATION

  • FAQ

  • Useful and simple tutorial

  • command:

    /software/ports/bin/gnuplot