Running applications on theory remotely

First, please be aware that theory is shared by a lot of people so don't run long and/or processor intensive tasks on it as far as possible.

From a Windows Machine

1. Download the Cygwin setup program
2. Run it and install the following packages:
   • Net -> openssh
   • X11 -> Xstartup-scripts
   • X11 -> xorg-x11-base
3. Launch Cygwin and at the prompt type the following:
   xstartwin.sh
   and press enter
4. A new xtrem window should open up. In it type:
   ssh -Y username@theory.caltech.edu
5. You can now run your favorite graphical applications

From a Linux/Unix machine

1. In a terminal check you ssh version by ssh -V. If it is 3.8+ use:
   ssh -Y username@theory.caltech.edu to connect to theory otherwise use ssh -X username@theory.caltech.edu
2. You can now run your favorite graphical applications.

From an OSX machine