# Connecting to Oscar

- [SSH (Terminal)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh.md)
- [SSH Key Login (Passwordless SSH)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/ssh-key-login-passwordless-ssh.md): How to set up SSH key authentication.
- [Mac/Linux/Windows(PowerShell)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/ssh-key-login-passwordless-ssh/mac-linux-windows-powershell.md)
- [Windows(PuTTY)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/ssh-key-login-passwordless-ssh/windows-putty.md)
- [SSH Configuration File](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/ssh-configuration-file.md): How to save ssh configurations to a configuration file
- [X-Forwarding](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/x-forwarding.md): Instructions to forward X11 applications from Oscar to local computer
- [SSH Agent Forwarding](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/ssh-agent-forwarding.md): How to forward local ssh keys to Oscar
- [Mac/Linux](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/ssh-agent-forwarding/mac-linux.md): Agent Forwarding in Mac and Linux Systems
- [Windows (PuTTY)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/ssh-agent-forwarding/key-generation-and-agent-forwarding-with-putty.md): SSH Agent Forwarding on a Windows system using PuTTY, with an example application to git.
- [Arbiter2](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/ssh/arbiter2.md)
- [Open OnDemand](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/open-ondemand.md)
- [Using File Explorer on OOD](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/open-ondemand/using-file-explorer-on-ood.md)
- [Web-based Terminal App](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/open-ondemand/web-based-terminal-app.md)
- [Interactive Apps on OOD](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/open-ondemand/interactive-apps-on-ood.md)
- [Using Python or Conda environments in the Jupyter App](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/open-ondemand/using-python-or-conda-environments-in-the-jupyter-app.md)
- [Using RStudio](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/open-ondemand/using-rstudio.md)
- [Desktop App (VNC)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/open-ondemand/desktop-app-vnc.md)
- [SMB (Local Mount)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/cifs.md)
- [Remote IDE (VS Code)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/remote-ide.md): VS Code lets you edit files and run terminals on Oscar directly from your local machine using the Remote SSH extension.
- [From Non-compliant Networks (2-FA)](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/remote-ide/from-non-compliant-networks-2-fa.md): Accessing VSCode from Non-Brown compliant networks
- [Setup virtual environment and debugger](https://docs.ccv.brown.edu/oscar/connecting-to-oscar/remote-ide/setup-virtual-environment-and-debugger.md)


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