Reflection Of Day 2

Day 2 mainly talks about how to use Linux and/or online server to access Linux. As linux is necessary for those who wishes to work in the field of bioinformatics, and online server helps to speed up the time spent on processing data, using an online server seems to be a smart way.

Linux on my computer

As my working computer is Mac, which means I can use Terminal to access Linux environment, there is no need for me to further install Linux on my own computer.

Linux from online server

Firstly, I need to register on Google Cloud to get one-year free access to online server. Then I went through the process to create a linux server from Google Cloud.
Some commands are listed as below (Retrieved from https://github.com/philipfan01/GFW/issues/2):

Using local Terminal to access Google Cloud

Some Linux commands

1. pwd
2. mkdir
3. ls
4. cd
5. vi
6. cat
7. cp
8. mv

Mind mapping of content on Day 2