[SGVLUG] Super Dimensional Fortress (sdf.org)

[James McDuffie]

One more thing, I forgot to include a link in my original email to this 
write up "What is SDF" written by another member:
http://rendon.freeshell.org/notes/SDF.html

On 06/06/2012 11:27 PM, James McDuffie wrote:
> For those who may not have heard of it, The Super Dimensional Fortress
> (sdf.org) is what I can best describe succinctly as a *nix community
> that is a combination of services and social interaction.
> http://sdf.org/?welcome
> http://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?01
>
> What many people may know sdf.org as is freeshell.org, a place where you
> can get a shell account to SSH into. But sdf.org is so much more than
> that. They provide a ton of services at pretty decent prices:
> * Shell access (of course)
> * Web hosting
> * Mail hosting
> * VPS containers
> * VOIP
> * DSL
> * and much more
>
> Its actually pretty impressive the amount of things they have available
> to different member levels.
> http://sdf.org/?join
>
> Also impressive is that they are celebrating 25 years in 2012. Thats
> right, they have been around since 1987 in one form or another.
> http://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?02
>
> There is a strong social aspect that includes shell based software that
> has been in use since 1987. For example the bboard command is a text
> based bulletin board that is still very active. They also run their own
> Jabber server, Status.net installation, Diaspora instance, and Minecraft
> server.
> http://sdf.org/?tutorials/social_network
>
> Hopefully this message got through your spam filter and doesn't seem too
> much like a solicitation.
>
> Also, it would be nice to know if there are any other SDF members among
> the SGVLUG members.