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= Welcome to Blinkenshell! =
This is a free shell account service. I provide shell access to my server for free if you can prove yourself as a worthy user of the service.
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#pragma description Blinkenshell provides users with free UNIX shell accounts. Use textbased IRC clients, web browsers, email clients, compile your own programs, host webpages and more.
#pragma keywords free shell account, free unix shell, shell account, irc, shell, unix, irssi, screen, blinkenshell
= Blinkenshell - Free UNIX Shell Accounts! =
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The service is intended to create a community with users who are curious and likes to learn new stuff about computers in general. 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 to use IRC. '''Translations:''' [ [:Start/FR:French/Français] http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/icons/fr.png ] - [ [:Start/SE:Swedish/Svenska] http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/icons/se.png ]
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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. Hi there, and welcome to Blinkenshell.org! This is a '''free UNIX shell provider'''. Here you can get your own personal [:Shell Account:shell account] on a Linux Server for free! The only requirements is that you actively participate in our community and follow the rules and guidelines.

Blinkenshell is an online community with helpful and friendly users who are curious to learn more about interesting technologies and computers. You can read more about Blinkenshell here: [:Info/About: About Blinkenshell].

This is a great place to be if you are looking for somewhere to learn more about ["UNIX"], networking, programming or meet other people with similar interests as yours. For some common usage scenarios of a shell account, take a look here: ["UsageScenarios"].

Blinkenshell is a fairly mature shell provider, the service has been online for over a year now, we've passed 100 users accounts some time ago and still growing fast. We're still accepting new members of course, if you're interested in signing up for an account take a look at the [:Info/Signup:Signup Info].

Keep in mind that 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. This is a hobby project!

If you have any questions or just want to talk to us, come on in and [:Info/IRC:join our chat room]! (IRC: #blinkenshell @ irc.allshells.net)

== Current events ==
 * ["Planet Blinkenshell"] - an aggregation of blogs of Blinkenshell's members. Here you can read about news/changes on Blinkenshell (my blog) and hopefully posts from other members in the future!
 * Everything up and running, we are accepting new registrations.

== Overview ==
||<tablewidth="500px">'''Service''' ||'''[http://titan.blinkenshell.org Titan] (Free account) ''' ||
||SSH & SFTP Access ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png ||
||Disk Quota ||50 MB ||
||Background Processes ||2 ||
||Detach (GNU Screen) ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png ||
||IPv4 IRC access ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png ||
||Bouncer (BNC) ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/delete.png ||
||IRC bots ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/delete.png ||
||SSH Tunneling ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/delete.png ||
||Website ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png ||
||PHP & CGI ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png ||
||MySQL DB ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png ||
||E-Mail ||http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png ||
||Monthly Price ||0$ (Free!) ||
||Setup Fee ||0$ (Free!) ||
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 * SSH and SFTP access.
 * 10 MB Quota.
 * Webhost ( no PHP/CGI, shell.blinkenlights.se/rhea/~username )
 * Mail ( username@shell.blinkenlights.se , optional )
 * IRC access ( screen + irssi, bitchx )
== Installed programs ==
 * GNU Screen
 * GNU Emacs
 * GNU GCC
 * Irssi
 * Vim
 * BitchX
 * ELinks
 * Python
 * And more
 * 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, weechat, BitchX or ircII (gnu screen allowed -> detachable). Connectable to all major IRCnets (via IPv4). No Bots or bouncers allowed!
 * IM: centerim (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabbec), pidgin/finch (AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo), tmsnc (MSN), ekg (gadugadu), mcabber (Jabber)
 * Development environment: compilers (C, C++), interpreters (Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby), editors (Emacs, nano, VIm), utilities (diff, 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. Textbased FTP clients.
 * Network diagnostics: ping, tracepath, host (DNS lookup)

Why would you need all this? Take a look at some common ["UsageScenarios"].
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 * CPU: 2 GHz  * CPU: 1.83 GHz AMD
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 * HDD: 3 x 80 GB, RAID 5
 * Connection: 8 Mbit/s down, 1 Mbit/s up (ADSL, Static IP, Reverse DNS)
 * Location: Linkoping, Sweden
 * Connection: 8 Mbit/s downstream, 1 Mbit/s upstream (ADSL, Static IP, Reverse DNS)
 * UPS: 700VA
 * OS: [http://www.gentoo.org 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]
 * ["OperationalStatus"], [http://blinkenshell.org/uptime.txt Top Uptimes]
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You can reach me here: Contact info for JohanMarcusson, Blinkenshell admin and founder:
 * [:Info/IRC:IRC]: '''#blinkenshell @ irc.allshells.net''' ( Webchat access available at: http://blinkenshell.org/cgiirc/ )
 * Email: [:JohanMarcusson:independence] at blinkenlights.se
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 * IRC channel #blinkenshell @ irc.shellnet.org
 * Email at independence at blinkenlights.se
== More ==
 * ["Info"] - Links to pages with more information about Blinkenshell.
 * ["FAQ"] - Frequently asked questions and answers.
 * ["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.)

Blinkenshell - Free UNIX Shell Accounts!

Translations: [ [:Start/FR:French/Français] http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/icons/fr.png ] - [ [:Start/SE:Swedish/Svenska] http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/icons/se.png ]

Hi there, and welcome to Blinkenshell.org! This is a free UNIX shell provider. Here you can get your own personal [:Shell Account:shell account] on a Linux Server for free! The only requirements is that you actively participate in our community and follow the rules and guidelines.

Blinkenshell is an online community with helpful and friendly users who are curious to learn more about interesting technologies and computers. You can read more about Blinkenshell here: [:Info/About: About Blinkenshell].

This is a great place to be if you are looking for somewhere to learn more about ["UNIX"], networking, programming or meet other people with similar interests as yours. For some common usage scenarios of a shell account, take a look here: ["UsageScenarios"].

Blinkenshell is a fairly mature shell provider, the service has been online for over a year now, we've passed 100 users accounts some time ago and still growing fast. We're still accepting new members of course, if you're interested in signing up for an account take a look at the [:Info/Signup:Signup Info].

Keep in mind that 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. This is a hobby project!

If you have any questions or just want to talk to us, come on in and [:Info/IRC:join our chat room]! (IRC: #blinkenshell @ irc.allshells.net)

Current events

  • ["Planet Blinkenshell"] - an aggregation of blogs of Blinkenshell's members. Here you can read about news/changes on Blinkenshell (my blog) and hopefully posts from other members in the future!
  • Everything up and running, we are accepting new registrations.

Overview

Service

[http://titan.blinkenshell.org Titan] (Free account)

SSH & SFTP Access

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png

Disk Quota

50 MB

Background Processes

2

Detach (GNU Screen)

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png

IPv4 IRC access

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png

Bouncer (BNC)

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/delete.png

IRC bots

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/delete.png

SSH Tunneling

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/delete.png

Website

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png

PHP & CGI

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png

MySQL DB

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png

E-Mail

http://blinkenshell.org/moindata/accept.png

Monthly Price

0$ (Free!)

Setup Fee

0$ (Free!)

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, weechat, BitchX or ircII (gnu screen allowed -> detachable). Connectable to all major IRCnets (via IPv4). No Bots or bouncers allowed!

  • IM: centerim (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabbec), pidgin/finch (AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo), tmsnc (MSN), ekg (gadugadu), mcabber (Jabber)
  • Development environment: compilers (C, C++), interpreters (Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby), editors (Emacs, nano, VIm), utilities (diff, 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. Textbased FTP clients.
  • Network diagnostics: ping, tracepath, host (DNS lookup)

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

Server info

Contact

Contact info for JohanMarcusson, Blinkenshell admin and founder:

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

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

More

  • ["Info"] - Links to pages with more information about Blinkenshell.
  • ["FAQ"] - Frequently asked questions and answers.
  • ["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.)