Play a game - Remotely via X
Here how to set up a X server (aka "the display portion") on your own computer, and run programs from a remote computer. If you can't get this to work, don't worry - it's mostly for fun...
Install an X Server package on your home computer
For Windows:
Do one of the following:
Install MobaXterm Home (which doesn't actually need installing)
(This is the recommended way for Windows systems)
http://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/download.html
or Install vcXsrv
https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/
or Install Xming
https://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/
For Mac OS X
Install XQuartz
http://www.xquartz.org/
Connect to campus via the VPN
Connect to the common server using SSH with X forwarding
For Windows:
(Use PuTTY if you are using vcXsrv & Xming)
Start MobaXterm
Click on Session
Click on SSH
Enter the remote host of 172.18.128.15
Leave the rest blank
Press OK
Press cancel if SSH-Browser password comes up
Log in as "user" with the default password (or as the account you created earlier this semester)
For Mac OS X
Start a Terminal window
ssh -Y user@172.18.128.15
You can also use the account you created earlier in the semester
Test by starting xeyes
xeyes &
You should now have two eyes watching your mouse pointer
Find a game on the system
man -k game
Play one
I like mahjongg