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OOD Service Deprecation

The OOD environment is being replaced by ARE (Australian Research Environment). Please migrate your workload to ARE. For more information, see the ARE User Guide.

Release notes for major upgrades to VDI

Q2 2021

What you need to know about VDI Q2 2021 upgrade

The NCI VDI has undergone upgrade to VDI to give users dedicated resources and make the system much easier to install.

What is the difference between the old and current VDI?

  1. CPU and Memory resources are dedicated to each user session
  2. Compute (CPU and Memory) size is selectable when launching a new VDI Desktop session
  3. Strudel has been replaced by Open OnDemand, a web-based method to interact with your VDI session

Is Python2 supported on the Q2 2021 VDI?

No. However, the python2/2.7.17 module is still available for minimal transition of old python scripts.

Default group/shell changed

Some users did not specify which group they wanted and the Q2 2021 VDI did not choose the correct one by default.  You can change this in your .rashrc file in your home directory.  See the Gadi user-guide for details on how to configure this (https://opus.nci.org.au/display/Help/Raijin+User+Guide Login Environment section).

Desktop Tweaks

Some users may find the following tweaks of interest:

Application shortcuts at top of screen

If you would like your favourite applications shown on the top panel next to the Places menu:

  1. Choose Applications → System Tools → Software menu item
  2. Click Add-ons category button
  3. Click Extension Settings button
  4. Turn on Frippery Panel Favorites extension
  5. You can control which items are in your favorites using the Dash to Dock extension and then using the Dock to add/remove items

Minimise / Maximise buttons

Scatter button

The current trend for organising windows inside your desktop is to use the scatter button which gives a preview of all windows for you to click the one you want by clicking the button in bottom left corner of your screen.  If you would rather restore the minimise / maximise buttons on each window you can:

  1. Choose Applications → Accessories → Tweaks menu item
  2. Choose the Windows item is left-hand menu
  3. Turn on the Maximize and Minimize

System monitor

System Monitor display

If you want to see various system metrics on the panel next to the date/time:

  1. Choose Applications → System Tools → Software menu item
  2. Click Add-ons category button
  3. Click Extension Settings button
  4. Turn on system-monitor extension
  5. You can click the Cog icon next the on/off button to configure which system metrics are displayed
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