Welcome to Blinkenshell!

Hi there, and welcome to Blinkenshell.org! This is a free UNIX shell account service. I provide shell access on my server to any user for free, provided that you participate in the community (chat etc) and follow the rules.

The service is intended to create a community with users who are curious and likes to learn new stuff about computers and related technologies. This is a great place to be if you are looking for somewhere to learn about ["UNIX"], learn about programming/scripting or if you just want a place to run [:Info/IRC:IRC] from. You can also create advanced websites with dynamic content and database storage. [:Info/About:More info].

The server is located in my basement and is not intended for any commercial use. It doesn't cost anything to use and does not provide any guaranteed uptime, availability, quality of service or any warranty.

If you want to sign up for an account, take a look at the [:Info/Signup:Signup Info].

If you have any questions or just want to chat, join the [:Info/IRC:chat channel]!

Current events

• PasswordPolicy updated.

• Signup program updated: ["bs signup"]
• Updated security info and HTTPS certificate: ["Info/Security"]

• New: [http://blinkenshell.org/lists/?p=subscribe Sign up for Blinkenshell's Newsletter!]

• Everything up and running, we are accepting new registrations.

Overview

Services

• Secure remote login and file transfers via ["SSH"] and ["SFTP"].
• 50 MB Quota (25 MB for homedir and 25 MB for website)
• IRC access via irssi, BitchX or ircII in screen (detachable). Connectable to all major IRCnets (via IPv4). No Bots or bouncers allowed!
• IM: CenterICQ (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN), tmsnc (MSN), ekg (gadugadu), pidgin (AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo)
• Development environment: compilers (C, C++ etc), interpreters (Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby), code editors (Emacs, nano, VIm), utilities (Subversion, CVS, Bazaar, GIT)

• ["Info/Webhosting"] http://<username>.blinkenshell.org (["PHP"], ["CGI"], SSI, custom .htaccess)

• SQL Databases via SQLite or ["MySQL"] (MySQL not enabled by default, ask for setup)

• E-Mail access via mutt or pine, get your own email address (or forward) at blinkenshell: username@blinkenshell.org Webmail, SMTP and IMAPs access (not enabled by default, ask for setup)

• ["Games"]: [:MUD:MUDs] and other text-based games

• Browse the web via text-based browsers such as links2 and elinks.

Why would you need all this? Take a look at some common ["UsageScenarios"].

Server info

• CPU: 1.83 GHz AMD
• RAM: 1024 MB DDR
• Connection: 8 Mbit/s downstream, 1 Mbit/s upstream (ADSL, Static IP, Reverse DNS)
• UPS
• OS: GNU/Linux, Gentoo Linux

• Location: Linkoping, Sweden [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Linköping&sll=58.631217,15.556641&sspn=21.567188,55.107422&ie=UTF8&z=5&ll=58.401712,15.644531&spn=21.705367,55.107422&om=1 Google maps]

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Contact

Contact JohanMarcusson:

• ["Info/IRC"]: #blinkenshell @ irc.overloadx.net ( Webchat access available at: http://blinkenshell.org/cgiirc/ )

• Email: [:JohanMarcusson:independence] at blinkenlights.se

Links

• See menu on the right hand side of the page
• ["Info"] - Links to pages with more information.
• ["FAQ"] - Frequently asked questions.
• ["Links"] - Some external links.

• TitleIndex - Index of all the pages on this site.

• Information in other languages: [:accueil:French] (feel free to do more translations!)

This website is based on MoinMoin wiki engine. You can edit the contents of the pages by creating a wiki user (a wiki user is not the same thing as a system account, you can not SSH to the server with this account.)