Lbox-hints

Here are minimal instructions to get started in the group:

Printers

• Herr Thiele's office (MC 373), mfc373.comphys.uni-due.de (134.91.161.242)
• MF 245, HL-5270DN series [00807786944d]

To print, you need to SWITCH OFF the wlan in your computer and instead have a cable internet connection.

Sciebo cloud

Sciebo is a statewide (NRW) cloud service for research, studies and teaching, which is operated from the university in Münster.

• Create your account using this link; look for registrierung. (If the link doesn't work, do a search for DUE Sciebo Anmeldung to get the right link, and then remind AVV to update this page.)
  • If interested, there's also a client you can download so you can see the documents offline more easily.
• Once the account is created, your username will have the format "xxxxxxx@uni-duisburg-essen.de", where xxxxxxx is your uni-Kennung.
• At the moment, Sciebo unfortunately does not deal well with collaborative online work (e.g., word docs) where users simultaneously (or quasi) modify the same file. Use it for files that you want to send someone else, not for intense collaborative work.

Zoom

• DUE Zoom can be found here.

Seminars

• Physical Colloquium of the Faculty of Physics: Wednesdays at 13h. Register to get the email announcements here. It is the main event of the Physics faculty.
• Theorie Colloquium: Fridays at 14h
• Other seminars in the physics department

Home office

• You can do home office 2 days per week, provided you do not miss in person events (seminars, etc). Inform the group no later than 9 am using the group Signal chat.
• More frequent home office is in principle possible given sufficiently substantial motives, but needs to be discussed with AVV BEFORE it takes place.

Working remotely

• lbox needs to run the LXDE virtual desktop (ask Lothar); your laptop needs to run an X2GO client
• DUE has a campus license for Microsoft Office; use it for home laptops/desktops to avoid formatting issues when exchanging files.
  • The DUE website does not have instructions for Mac OSX; you'll have to search for how to include the license for this system
• There's a list of Campus Software that can be installed in the lbox/personal computers here. For some of them, you can download the software by following the links there but afterwards you'll need to insert a license; if this happens, Lothar is whom you need.

Kitchen

• We're responsible for keeping the tea kitchen (MG 268) clean. This means that each of us should:
  • Take care of the kitchen (as described in the schedule posted there) when it is our turn.
  • Switch on the dish washer if it is completely full.
  • Wipe microwave/table/counters/fridge to clean up own mess.
  • Place used cuttlery and crockery in the dish washer. Used items may be left in the sink IF AND ONLY IF the dish washer is completely full or is working.

Vacations/Sickness

• UDE regulations regarding vacation can be found here. A request for vacation should be initially discussed with AVV. Once everything is cleared up, remember to fill in, print out, sign and hand in the relevant form to Ingo Thiele BEFORE you go on vacation.
• UDE regulations regarding sickness can be found here.

Enrolling as a PhD student at UDE

• The relevant regulations are here.

Being environmentally friendly

• Screens and lights MUST be switched off at the end of the workday (power consumption is approximately 30 W).
• Take carboard/plastic/old gadgets/etc to the recycling bins yourself (there's no DUE service to take care of this): they are in the "backyard" after you exit the buildings next to MB 022 (a janitor's office).