Shell Installation

Abstract

There a number of computationally intensive practitioners who prefer to use a Linux operating system in lieu of any other. This chapter teaches how to prepare an Ubuntu Server in Microsoft’s Azure. A virtual workstation is created in a similar fashion as was done in Chap.1. Traditionally the server would be reached by Remote Desktop, but in the case of Ubuntu, there is a need to install a user graphical interface if it is preferred to have a traditional desktop appearance rather than using a command line. The Ubuntu desktop is installed together with other accessory programs to be able to connect to the server remotely and have a graphical user’s interface. Once this is done, the user may proceed to install programs and work on projects as with the workstations discussed in Chap.1. There are a number of different versions of Linux and many eventual upgrades to operating systems, it is very likely that some time will be spent in adjusting to new versions of operating systems as previous accessory programs may no longer work or not work properly after an upgrade and it is important to take that into account when time sensitive tasks are initiated.