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# Connecting to the Servers
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# Connecting to the Servers
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You will connect to all servers using your personal [account](pages/common/account). There are two main ways to connect to the server:
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You will connect to all servers using your personal [account](/accounts). There are two main ways to connect to the server:
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* Using ssh, for CLI access
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* Using ssh, for CLI access
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* Using a remote desktop client called x2go for GUI access.
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* Using a remote desktop client called x2go for GUI access.
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ssh <user>@<server>
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ssh <user>@<server>
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where `<user>` is the username of your account and `<server>` is one of the [servers](pages/common/servers) hostnames.
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where `<user>` is the username of your account and `<server>` is one of the [servers](/servers) hostnames.
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### Maintaining a permanent Shell
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### Maintaining a permanent Shell
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Check this [guide](pages/common/permanent-shell) for how to create shells that persist even if you disconnect from the server.
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Check this [guide](/permanent-shell) for how to create shells that persist even if you disconnect from the server.
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## Connecting with x2go
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## Connecting with x2go
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To log in using the desktop, simply install and open X2Go client and follow these steps:
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To log in using the desktop, simply install and open X2Go client and follow these steps:
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* Select `Session/New Session`.
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* Select `Session/New Session`.
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* Give a meaningful name to your session
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* Give a meaningful name to your session
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* Type the [hostname](pages/common/servers) of the server you want to connect to in the *Host:* field and your username in the *Login:* field.
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* Type the [hostname](/servers) of the server you want to connect to in the *Host:* field and your username in the *Login:* field.
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* Under *Session type* select *KDE*.
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* Under *Session type* select *KDE*.
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* Leave all the rest as default.
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* Leave all the rest as default.
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- The "pause" icon if you want to leave your session running, so that you can reconnect to it later.
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- The "pause" icon if you want to leave your session running, so that you can reconnect to it later.
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- The "power off" icon, if you want to terminate your session completely.
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- The "power off" icon, if you want to terminate your session completely.
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Please always select the second option, unless you really need to keep your session alive, in order to free system resources. See the page [Maintaining a permanent shell](pages/common/permanent-shell) for a more light-way method to keep a (command line) session open even if you disconnect from the server.
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Please always select the second option, unless you really need to keep your session alive, in order to free system resources. See the page [Maintaining a permanent shell](/permanent-shell) for a more light-way method to keep a (command line) session open even if you disconnect from the server.
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## Transferring files to/from the servers
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## Transferring files to/from the servers
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