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Install Flight Desktop Types
Your Flight User Suite login node can run graphical desktop sessions to support users who want to run interactive applications across the research environment. The system can support a number of different sessions simultaneously, and allow multiple remote participants to connect to the same session to support training and collaborative activities.
Your research environment supports many types of graphical session designed to provide interactive applications directly to users. To view the available types of session, use the command flight desktop avail:
[flight@chead1 (mycluster1) ~]$ flight desktop avail
┌───────┬──────────────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────┐
│ Name │ Summary │ State │
├───────┼──────────────────────────────────────────────────┼────────────┤
│ gnome │ GNOME v3, a free and open-source desktop │ Unverified │
│ │ environment for Unix-like operating systems. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ > https://www.gnome.org/ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ kde │ KDE Plasma Desktop (KDE 4). Plasma is KDE's │ Unverified │
│ │ desktop environment. Simple by default, powerful │ │
│ │ when needed. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ > https://kde.org/ │ │
│ │ │ │
│ xfce │ Xfce is a lightweight desktop environment │ Unverified │
│ │ for UNIX-like operating systems. It aims to be │ │
│ │ fast and low on system resources, while still │ │
│ │ being visually appealing and user friendly. │ │
│ │ │ │
│ │ > https://xfce.org/ │ │
│ │ │ │
└───────┴──────────────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────┘
[flight@chead1 (mycluster1) ~]$ Application types that are unverified need to be prepared before they can be started. This is covered in greater detail on the next page.