Linux Workstations and servers and why they are different

Criteria Terminal server Compute Server Cluster compute node Workstation Mobile workstation (Laptop)
Installed/Accessible applications SoftwareLinux SoftwareLinux SoftwareLinux SoftwareLinux A subset of SoftwareLinux . Since some software resides on internal file servers and a subset of these requires internal license servers.
Graphical applications DONE DONE (Some realtime applications are not available - e.g. VC) No graphical applications DONE DONE
Network configuration By IT only User controlled via Network manager application (e.g. to connect to WIFI networks on your own)
Root permission for users - - - - DONE
Access to StorageUnified and Afs
(Fileservers in the institute) 		DONE DONE DONE DONE -
Automatic restart Usually every first Wednesday of the month. Type this to find out:
user@server> cat /etc/motd 		IT might decide to force a re-start because of an imminent security threat. -
Local graphical user interface - - - DONE DONE
CPU restrictions Fair sharing among all users, never more than 3 CPU cores. Fair sharing among all users As requested by the batch job - -
| RAM restrictions | 40% of the physical memory per user | 90% of the physical memory per user | As requested by the batch job | - | - |

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