Hi, I have recieved the final pronouncement from FAS and HMDC regarding linux accounts for our course. If you are a Harvard or MIT student (cross-registered) in Gov 2001, you can obtain a linux account on ICE from https://www.fas.harvard.edu/computing/utilities/activate/ after you submit your cross-registeration petition and the GSAS registrar processes it. If you are a Harvard employee or fellow at an affiliated center, you can get a Linux account by filling out http://www.fas.harvard.edu/computing/hascs/CasualApp.pdf You need just an email account, and your center will be charged $175 by FAS computing services. (Please provide the appropriate billing code.) If your center is unwilling to put up the funding for a linux account, please keep in mind that Window (with Xemacs, R and ESS) is a viable computing alternative. Yours, Olivia