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Launch desktop

Launching HPC Desktop

When launching the desktop you can customise the computational components to suit your needs by clicking Advanced options. You can choose between 2 desktop environments XFCE and GNOME. If you have GPU intensive tasks select the "Request GPU" button.

When adjusting other components like cores and memory please refer to the guidelines or compare the job you want to run to previous jobs you have run.

HPC Desktop Launch Settings
Figure 1: HPC Desktop Launch Settings

Increasing compression will increase input lag but is better for low bandwidth connections. For image quality you want to decrease if you have a low bandwidth.

noVNC Compression and Image Quality
Figure 2: noVNC Compression and Image Quality

Running a commandline program

Moving Data to/from HCS

Access HCS

Copying/Moving