[SGVLUG] Super Dimensional Fortress (sdf.org)

[Sean O'Donnell]

Sorry, was watching the new star trek. #g33ks

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On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:50 AM, "Sean O'Donnell" <sean at seanodonnell.com> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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.
>> 
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