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Many think of the Open Computing Facility as an on-campus resource for free | ||||||
printing. While this is true, and printing is certainly our most-demanded | ||||||
service (we print hundreds of thousands of pages per year), there are plenty of | ||||||
other great services provided by the OCF, which come free with your account! | ||||||
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Note: the following information applies to individual accounts, not group | ||||||
accounts. To request an account for your student group, or for information on | ||||||
student group web hosting, check out | ||||||
[our group account page](LINK-GOES-HERE). | ||||||
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## Free Computing | ||||||
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The OCF was founded to provide all members of the Cal campus community with | ||||||
computing resources. Anytime we're open, all members of the community are | ||||||
welcome to use the computers for any reason – not just to print. All of the | ||||||
computers in the OCF run Linux and have a variety of useful applications | ||||||
pre-installed. | ||||||
* Google Chrome, Firefox, and Brave are all installed, allowing you to choose | ||||||
your preferred web browser. | ||||||
* The LibreOffice suite is installed as an alternative to Microsoft Office. It | ||||||
is mostly cross-compatible with Office files, meaning one can import or export | ||||||
.docx/.pptx/.xlsx files. You can also use Google Docs from a web browser. | ||||||
* GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is provided as an alternative to Adobe | ||||||
Photoshop, and Inkscape replaces Adobe Illustrator. For animation and 3D | ||||||
modeling, we provide access to Blender. | ||||||
* Rather than iTunes/QuickTime or Windows Media Player, you can access music or | ||||||
video files using VLC. | ||||||
* Pre-installed IDEs include Atom and Visual Studio Code. | ||||||
* The default PDF utility is Document Viewer, which can be used to view, print, | ||||||
and edit PDFs. | ||||||
* Steam is installed, if you would like to play video games. | ||||||
Most of these applications can be found on the desktop, and all applications | ||||||
can be accessed from the menu in the top-left corner of the screen, analogous | ||||||
to the Start menu in Windows. We also offer three computers with dedicated | ||||||
scanners, and one with a CD/DVD reader. | ||||||
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## Persistent File Storage | ||||||
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When you log out of one of our desktop computers, any files you saved to that | ||||||
computer will be erased. This is because most files saved to these computers | ||||||
are immediately printed, so there is no need to take up disk space holding onto | ||||||
them. However, some users may wish to have access to their files every time | ||||||
they log in to an OCF desktop. As part of your OCF account, you gain access to | ||||||
15 GB of free file storage on OCF servers. This file storage is accessible by | ||||||
clicking on the "OCF File Storage" icon on any desktop computer or by | ||||||
[SSHing into our account server](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/services/shell/). | ||||||
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Files placed in the "OCF File Storage" folder are accessible from any desktop | ||||||
computer and are saved even after you log out, whereas files placed in the | ||||||
"Home" folder are local to that computer and are deleted upon log-out. The "OCF | ||||||
File Storage" folder should contain a folder called "public_html", which is | ||||||
used for web hosting – see below. | ||||||
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## Free Printing | ||||||
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By signing up for an account, you get 200 free sides of printing (200 pages | ||||||
single-sided, 100 pages double-sided). We print black-and-white only, in | ||||||
economode (meaning the ink may be a bit lighter than expected). You are limited | ||||||
to 20 sides of printing per day. We ask that you download or export any | ||||||
documents they wish to print as PDFs first, as these work best with our print | ||||||
server. | ||||||
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## Web Hosting | ||||||
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When you create an OCF account, you also gain acccess to web hosting space on | ||||||
our domain: ocf.berkeley.edu/\~yourusername. You can create your own website | ||||||
using HTML/CSS/JS or use a system like WordPress or Django. Alternatively, you | ||||||
can use your website as file storage. For more technical information on | ||||||
building your website, check out | ||||||
[our web hosting page](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/services/web/). | ||||||
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If you are a signatory of a student group and would like to request a website | ||||||
under the berkeley.edu domain (i.e. ocf.berkeley.edu) you will need to create a | ||||||
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can be found on [our vhost page](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/services/vhost/). | ||||||
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## Miscellaneous | ||||||
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The OCF provides various other services to all users, such as access to our | ||||||
high-performance computing cluster, Mastadon instance, software mirrors, a | ||||||
personal MySQL database, and more. For a full list and futher (more technical) | ||||||
documentation, visit [our services page](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/services/). |
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If you are a signatory of a Registered Student Organization (RSO) or other | ||
eligible group here at Berkeley, then you are can create a group account for | ||
your organization. Group accounts may not be used for printing, but do provide | ||
your RSO with access to other services, such as web and mail hosting. | ||
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To request a group account, please come to | ||
[OCF staff hours](ocf.io/staff-hours). If you're not sure if your group is | ||
eligible for a group account, refer to our | ||
[eligibility page](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/membership/eligibility/#h2_groups). | ||
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## Web Hosting (group.berkeley.edu) | ||
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When you create any OCF account, you gain access to web hosting space on our | ||
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domain: ocf.berkeley.edu/\~yourusername. However, eligible groups may also | ||
request their own subdomains of the berkeley.edu domain, i.e. | ||
group.berkeley.edu. This allows you to create a website for your student group. | ||
There are various requirements set by the University and the OCF for such | ||
websites; for instructions on setting up your website, visit our | ||
[web hosting documentation](ocf.io/vhost) or visit the lab during | ||
[staff hours](ocf.io/staff-hours). | ||
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## Mail Hosting ([email protected]) | ||
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Once you've set up your website, you can also enable email forwarding so you | ||
can send and receive emails from arbitrary addresses on your domain, i.e. | ||
[email protected]. Emails sent to these addresses will be forwarded | ||
to your @berkeley.edu student account, and if desired, you can also send email | ||
from these addresses by following | ||
[these instructions](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/services/vhost/mail/gmail/). | ||
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Your custom email addresses can be easily managed online, without having to | ||
come to OCF staff hours. For more information, visit our | ||
[mail hosting documentation](https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/docs/services/vhost/mail/). | ||
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## Free Computing and File Storage | ||
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Like any other account, group accounts allow you to sign into OCF computers, | ||
SSH into our account server, and store up to 15 GB indefinitely. The main | ||
service which is not available to group accounts is free printing. For | ||
information about other services available to all accounts, such as free | ||
computing and file storage, visit [our account page](LINK-GOES-HERE). |
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