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The Department of Computer Science provides an Ubuntu 16.04 virtual machine image that approximates the software environment found on the department's physical computers and login servers.
The current version of the UChicago CS VM is 202122.1
Download OVA File: BoxUChicago (5.4 GB)
MD5: 63227d29c2747e7768e9290fbb7f5656
The VM has a student
account with password uccs
. This account has sudo privileges on the VM.
For instructions on how to run the VM, see Installing and Running the UChicago CS VM. We also have a a guide for running the VM in Headless Mode and a FAQ with common issues.
Past VM images can be found in the VM Archive.