[SGVLUG] Super Dimensional Fortress (sdf.org)

[Sean O'Donnell]

Is it able to leap small networks in a single bound? Does it have autonomous moats and planks for ye ol' pirate self defense?? To which dimension do you speak of? :)

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On Jun 6, 2012, at 11:28 PM, James McDuffie <mcduffie at pitfall.org> wrote:

> 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.
>