= Welcome =
This First Steps guide will give you a short introduction to the LST computer systems.

You should have received a copy of this document along with your user account ID. If you do not have a user account yet, please apply for one using this form:

http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/sg/coli-account.pdf

= System documentation - LST Wiki =
You can access the full documentation about the LST system in the '''LST "wiki"''' pages:

http://wiki.lst.uni-saarland.de/public

Among the first things you may want to check out are the '''wiki section on email setup'''.

= Policies =
== Email ==
As a user of the LST computer systems it is''' mandatory''' that you check your email at regular intervals. Your LST email address is your official contact email address which you are obliged to check at regular intervals.

== Disk quota ==
You may use the LST computer systems to store your personal and study related data. As a general guideline students who are majoring in computational linguistics or language science and technology should not use more than '''500 MB''' of disk space, students with computational linguistics as a minor should not use more than '''200 MB''' of disk space, unless there are special circumstances. For more information on quota, please see the '''"Disk usage"''' section in the user Wiki.

= Getting help =
Please direct all questions, suggestions and complaints to

'''help AT lst''' DOT uni-saarland DOT de