About this Training

Training overview

• Are you concerned about viruses and malware?

• Do you hate it when your computer is running slow or crashes?

• Are you looking for stability and dependability?

• Do you like free things?

Ubuntu is a free and open source Linux distribution. We recommend Linux to researchers at the University of Melbourne because most research software is written on and for Linux.

This training will provide a gentle introduction to basic Ubuntu usage, including logging into a virtual machine, basic commands in the terminal, sudo commands, installing software on Ubuntu, and transferring data to and from your virtual machine.

Learning objectives

This training aims to enable students to:

• familiarise themselves with the Ubuntu desktop and find for applications such as Git, LaTeX, MATLAB, Python, RStudio and a text editor;

• use basic terminal commands such as ls and cd;

• install software using sudo commands;

• access data on their virtual machine.

Learning outcomes: Research methodology

• Analytical skills: the ability to construct and express logical arguments and to work in abstract or general terms to increase the clarity and efficiency of analysis;

• Computational skills: the ability to adapt existing computational methods and tools to complete a target task;

• Problem solving skills: the ability to engage with unfamiliar problems and identify relevant solution strategies.