Operating Systems Support

By far, the most common operating systems in use at CSAIL are Debian GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, and Apple OS X. We provide some level of support for each of these platforms.

• CSAIL Debian
• CSAIL Ubuntu
• Mac OS
• Microsoft Windows

See also Public Computing for pre-configured Windows, Mac, and Linux machines available for Lab use.

Other Operating Systems

The contributed instructions below may (or may not!) enable you to use some aspects of CSAIL infrastructure with unsupported operating systems.

• OpenAFS on RedHat Linux
• OpenAFS on non-CSAIL Ubuntu Linux
• See "Client Settings for non CSAIL/Debian Systems" near the bottom of our Linux printing page for information on using networked printers from non-TIG-supported Linux machines.

Public information about CSAIL infrastructure

We like to share our system administration experience with other people, both at MIT and the public at large. Here is some information about what we are currently doing.

• Puppet at CSAIL