Connecting to a CS Department Linux Computer from Windows using PuTTY
PuTTY (really spelled that way) is a terminal program
that runs on Windows. Here’s how to set it up:
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- Download putty from https://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe
- Save it to your desktop.
- Run putty with a double-click.
- A box with the title “PuTTY Configuration” should pop up.
- Select the computer to connect to:
- On the right, in the “Host Name” box, type the full name
of one of the Linux Lab computers, for example,
montpelier.cs.colostate.edu
- Make the backspace key work:
- On the left, under “Terminal”, select “Keyboard”.
- On the right, select “Control-H”.
- Select a font:
- On the left, under “Window”, select “Appearance”.
- On the right, press the “Change” button.
- Select “Lucida Console” from the left-most panel.
- Choose a font size of 14 from the right-most panel.
- Press the “OK” button.
- You can also set the colors, if you wish: under “Window”, select “Colours”.
- Save the settings for the next time:
- On the left, select “Session”.
- On the right, select “Default Settings”.
- Press the “Save” button.
- Press the “Open” button in the lower-right.
- If a “PuTTY Security Alert” box pops up, select the “Accept” button.
- Log in.
- To further change your settings, right-click on the title bar,
and select “Change Settings…”.