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day-nanopore/hands-on-metagenomics.md

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 # Workshop: Long-read Nanopore Metagenomics, Data Formats & Quality Control
 
-**Note**: If internet connection is slow, we can also distribute the example data via an USB stick (ask your instructor ;) ). 
+**Note**: If internet connection is slow, we can also distribute the example data via an USB stick (ask your instructor ;). 
 
 **General**: We will usually start with an "Hands-on" part that will guide you through some of the content from the lectures. Then, there is an "Excercise" part with more open questions. 
 

day-welcome-linux-container-wms/hands-on.md

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 ## Hands-on
 
+### How to connect to the Linux VM
+
+**First thing:** To do the hands-on work directly, you need a running Linux system (or terminal on a Mac, or "Windows Subsystem for Linux"), and decent disk space (~20 GB) and RAM (~8 GB).
+
+**It might also be a good idea to work on the USV virtual machines!**
+(slides that were circulated earlier: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1gG1-Kw6Ofn2sEuUvAk521V0c9wDmLDSAGsvtBf-qgwk/edit?usp=drive_web)
+
+```bash
+# you can use this slightly modified command to connect w/ X11 display forwarding
+# depending on your local machine, this should work directly...
+ssh -X fmsb@<ip-adress-you-choose>
+```
+
 ### Linux practices and examples
 
 Here are some example commands and things you can try on your own. Always remember: