Secure X terminal instructions

The Secure X terminal now starts an SGI Onyx-inspired workstation in your browser.

1. Wait for the purple SiliconGraphics login screen. The first boot downloads about 80 MB.
2. Click inside the display. Leave the username as guest and press Enter or click Log in. No password is needed.
3. Use the Toolchest, Icon Catalog, or desktop icons to open a Unix shell, Mutt mail, the 2005 web in Firefox 1.5 RC1, Perforce, and the file launcher.
4. The eyes follow your mouse. Open Desktop → Demos... to relaunch xeyes or the bouncing Phong ball. Click the ball window or press Space to pause; R resets it.
5. Drag a title bar to move a window. Its corner controls minimize and maximize it. Right-click the desktop for the root menu; Alt+Tab changes windows.
6. Use Save session before leaving. Restore resumes your saved machine, including open windows. The X desktop has its own saved session, separate from SSH.
7. Desktop → Log out... in the Toolchest closes applications and returns to the login screen. Restart boots a fresh machine and discards unsaved changes.

The display starts expanded to the window, preserving its aspect ratio. Shrink display returns to the embedded view. A mouse and keyboard are recommended. The expandable text console below the display accepts commands in the same machine and provides keyboard access outside the graphical screen.

Open the Icon Catalog for the calculator, text editor, calendar, magnifier, fonts, and process tools. The gr_osview panel shows live guest resource use. The silver SGI cube rotates and bounces in the desktop background; Pause emblem stops it.

The desktop uses a real X.Org server, Motif window manager, and Linux programs. Its appearance evokes IRIX Indigo Magic; it does not run proprietary IRIX or emulate MIPS hardware. Mail and websites are fictional reconstructions from November 2005.

Everything runs locally in this tab. You do not need to start a VNC server or enter a real account password. No external desktop, SSH server, mail service, or Internet connection is available inside the guest. Browser storage may be cleared or evicted.

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