download and install Xming http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xming/Xming-6-9-0-23-setup.exe?modtime=1166348715&big_mirror=0 download putty http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/x86/putty.exe configure putty Session -> Host Name -> simpsons-adults.ics.uci.edu Window -> scrollback -> 2000 Data -> username -> your ucinetid X11 -> enable forwarding -> checked X11 -> display location -> localhost:0 go back to Session and save it as simpsons or something /opt/wget/1.9.1/bin/wget http://www.ics.uci.edu/~welling/teaching/ICS178Winter07/netflixcpp.tgz gunzip netflixcpp.tgz tar xf netflixcpp.tar rm -f netflixcpp.tar mkdir -p /tmp/netflixprize cd /tmp/netflixprize get the address for the next line at http://www.netflixprize.com/download Use your browser and right click on the link and copy the link location then paste it here in between the quotes /opt/wget/1.9.1/bin/wget "netflix_data" cp download_273014623.tar.gz data.tar.gz gunzip data.tar.gz tar xvf data.tar rm -f data.tar cd download tar xvf training_set.tar rm -f training_set.tar cd ~/netflixcpp/ /usr/openwin/bin/xterm & in the xterm window type /usr/bin/gedit readme & or likewise /opt/firefox/current/firefox &