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X11 allows you to use a graphical interface for your Matlab use. This means you won't have to have matlab installed on your machine, but can use the resources of our servers instead to run your matlab jobs, all while using the matlab interface.
Step 1: Get an X11 interface for your laptop.
Using a Windows machine:
In order to do this, it is first necessary to install Xming.
Xming is software that will help you translate your ssh connection into a graphical program.
Xming is available here: http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/
The software itself is supported by donations, and the programmer supporting it is asking for a small donation. It is well worth the money.
Download and install the X64 versions and the fonts. (You can download the fonts without any donation.)
If you aren't sure if you have a 64-bit Windows (that's what X64 means) you can check by looking in your system control panel. Most people have 64 bit Windows. If you are worried, you can download all of them.
Install them. When installing the fonts, choose all of the available fonts.
Using a Mac machine:
You can download something called Xquartz, which does X11 for the Mac platform. It should come up with a simple web search, and it is free. (https://www.xquartz.org/ is the current URL.)
Step 2:
Using a Windows machine:
Start Xlaunch. Choose multiple windows, and start a program, xterm.
Xterm will load.
If you are off campus, connect to bing like so....
ssh -Y username@login0.math.wisc.edu
then connect to a magma machine like so....
ssh -Y username@magmaN.math.wisc.edu
The -Y is very important to make the X11 part work.
If you are on campus, there's no need to connect first to bing. You can connect to magma directly.
where your username is your math account and N is one of the Magma servers 0-18.
Connect with your Math account name and password.
Using a Mac machine:
Start Xquartz.
Open terminal.
If you are off campus, connect to bing like so....
ssh -Y username@login0.math.wisc.edu
then connect to a magma machine like so....
ssh -Y username@magmaN
The -Y is very important to make the X11 part work.
If you are on campus, there's no need to connect first to bing. You can connect to magma directly.
Step 3:
You can open matlab in both Mac and Windows once you have connected by typing...
>matlab
You can then use matlab as if it were installed on your own machine.
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