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# Connecting to the Servers
You will connect to all servers using your personal [account](/accounts). There are two main ways to connect to the server:
You will connect to all servers using your personal account (see ["Accounts"](/accounts)). There are two main ways to connect:
* Using ssh, for CLI access
* Using a remote desktop client called x2go for GUI access.
**IMPORTANT:** the preferred connection mechanism is ssh, as it uses fewer network resources and reduces the load on the server. So, use the remote desktop only if you *really* need a GUI interface for some reason, and remember that there are *very few* valid reasons. For example, not being familiar with the command line is *not* one of them (you are part of a computer engineering group, after all).
**IMPORTANT:** the preferred connection mechanism is ssh, as it uses fewer network resources and reduces the load on the server. So, use the remote desktop only if you *really* need a GUI interface for some reason, and remember that there are *very few* valid reasons. For example, not being familiar with the command line is not one of them (you are part of a computer engineering group, after all).
Depending on what you're using the servers for, you may also be able to work with a GUI from your local computer and connect to the server transparently. See for example the [page](/remote-code) on remote Python deployment using PyCharm.
Depending on what you're using the servers for, you may also be able to work with a GUI from your local computer and connect to the server transparently. See ["Remote Code Deployment"](/remote-code) for an example.
## Connecting with ssh
Using ssh, you can login to the server from a Linux/macOs terminal, from a Windows PowerShell, or using another client for Windows such as [PuTTy](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html). For most of these clients, the command is just:
Using ssh, you can login to the server from a Linux/macOs terminal, from a Windows PowerShell, or using another client for Windows such as [PuTTy](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html). For most of these clients, the command to type is just:
```
ssh <user>@<server>
```
where `<user>` is the username of your account and `<server>` is one of the [servers](/servers) hostnames.
where `<user>` is the username of your account and `<server>` is one of the servers hostnames (see ["Servers Information"](/servers).
## Maintaining a Permanent Shell
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