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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, free shells, unix, irssi, screen, blinkenshell = Blinkenshell - Free UNIX Shell Accounts! = |
#pragma description Blinkenshell offers free Linux shell accounts. Connect via SSH and learn Linux skills, host IRC clients like irssi and weechat, host web pages and get access to many other services! #pragma keywords free shell account, free linux shell, shell account, linux shell, irc, shell, free shells, linux, unix, irssi, weechat, screen, tmux, web hosting, ubuntu, bash, zsh, ssh = Blinkenshell - Free Linux Shell Accounts! = |
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| [[Start/FR|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/fr.png}}]][[Start/FR|Français]] - [[Start/SV|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/se.png}}]][[Start/SV|Svenska]] - [[Start/DE|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/de.png}}]][[Start/DE|Deutsch]] - [[Start/SR|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/rs.png}}]][[Start/SR|Serbian]] - [[Start/FI|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/fi.png}}]][[Start/FI|Suomi]] - [[Start/RU|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/ru.png}}]][[Start/RU|Pусский язык]] - [[Start/NL|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/nl.png}}]][[Start/NL|Nederlands]] - [[Start/ES|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/es.png}}]][[Start/ES|Español]] - [[Start/IT|{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/icons/it.png}}]][[Start/IT|Italiano]] |
[[Start/FR|Français]] - [[Start/SV|Svenska]] - [[Start/DE|Deutsch]] - [[Start/SR|Serbian]] - [[Start/FI|Suomi]] - [[Start/RU|Pусский язык]] - [[Start/NL|Nederlands]] - [[Start/ES|Español]] - [[Start/IT|Italiano]] |
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| Welcome to Blinkenshell! This is a '''free UNIX shell provider'''. Here you can get your own personal [[Shell_Account|shell account|title=What is a shell account?]] on a Linux server for free! The only requirements is that you actively participate in our community and follow the [[Info/Rules|rules]]. | Welcome to Blinkenshell! This is a '''free UNIX/Linux shell provider'''. Here you can get your own personal [[Shell_Account|shell account|title=What is a shell account?]] on a Linux server for free that you can connect to via SSH! The only requirements is that you actively participate in our community and follow the [[Info/Rules|rules]]. |
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| Blinkenshell is a mature shell provider, the service has been online for over four years (since summer 2006) and there are more than 300 user accounts registered. We're still accepting new members, if you're interested in signing up for an account take a look at the '''[[Info/Signup|Signup info]]'''. | Blinkenshell is a mature shell provider that been online continuously since 2006. We're still accepting new members, if you're interested in signing up for an account take a look at the '''[[Info/Signup|Signup info]]'''. |
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| Blinkenshell is built around an online community with friendly and helpful users. 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. Many use their shell accounts to run an always-online IRC client (screened irssi) or host a webpage for example. Read about some other common [[UsageScenarios|usage scenarios|title=Why do I need a shell account?]]. | Blinkenshell is built around an online community with friendly and helpful users. This is a great place to be if you are looking for somewhere to learn more about [[UNIX]]/[[Linux]], programming, networking, security or meet other people with similar interests as yours. Many use their shell accounts to run an always-online IRC client (screen/detach [[irssi]]) or host a webpage for example. Read about some other common [[UsageScenarios|usage scenarios|title=Why do I need a shell account?]]. |
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| 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! | Keep in mind that this is not a professionally hosted service 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! |
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| If you have any questions or just want to talk to us, come on in and join the [[Info/IRC|chat]]! (#blinkenshell @ irc.blinkenshell.org port 6697/SSL [[BlinkenIRC]]) | If you have any questions or just want to talk to us, come on in and join the [[Info/IRC|chat]]! Connect to IRC #blinkenshell @ irc.blinkenshell.org:6697 SSL or use the [[https://webirc.blinkenshell.org|Webchat]]. |
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| ## Don't translate these, just skip this or refer to the English page instead. It's too hard to keep up to date in translations. == Current events == * '''Blinkenshell is about to move to a new server. Planned at 18.00 CET 2010-08-08''' * [[http://independence.blinkenshell.org/blog/|News Blog]] * Everything up and running, we are accepting new registrations. * IPv6 now available on Titan! |
Follow Blinkenshell news: [[http://twitter.com/blinkenshell|Twitter]], [[https://independence.blinkenshell.org/blog/|Blog]], [[https://independence.blinkenshell.org/blog/feed/|Blog RSS Feed]] |
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| == Overview == ||<tablewidth="700px">'''Service''' ||''' Free ''' || ''' Supporter ''' || ||SSH & SFTP Access ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || {{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||Disk Quota ||100 MB || 1000MB || ||Background Processes ||2 ||5 || ||Detach (GNU Screen) ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||IPv4 & IPv6 IRC access ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||Bouncer (BNC) ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/delete.png|No}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||IRC bots ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/delete.png|No}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||SSH Tunneling ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/delete.png|No}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/delete.png|No}} || ||Website ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||PHP & CGI ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/delete.png|No}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||MySQL DB ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/delete.png|No}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||E-Mail ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} ||{{http://blinkenshell.org/static/accept.png|Yes}} || ||Monthly Price ||0$ (Free!) ||TBA || ||Setup Fee ||0$ (Free!) || TBA || |
== Account Types == ||'''Service''' ||''' [[Info/Signup|Free|title=Sign up for a free account]] ''' || ''' [[Info/Supporter|Supporter|title=More details on Supporter accounts]] ''' || ||SSH & SFTP Access ||✔ ||✔ || ||Disk Quota ||100 MB ||1000 MB || ||[[Info/ResourceLimits|Memory limit]] ||128 MB||256 MB || ||Detach (GNU Screen, tmux) ||✔ ||✔ || ||IPv4 & IPv6 IRC access (irssi, weechat) ||✔ ||✔ || ||Bouncer (BNC, znc) || ||✔ || ||IRC bots || ||✔ || ||Listen TCP/UDP port (custom server) || ||✔ || ||Custom vhost || ||✔* || ||Static HTTPS Website ||✔ ||✔ || ||Dynamic Website, PHP / CGI || ||✔ || ||MySQL DB || ||✔ || ||E-Mail Account @blinkenshell.org ||✔ ||✔ || ||Monthly Price ||Free! ||[[Info/Supporter|From 3€/mo|title=More details on Supporter accounts]] || ||Setup Fee ||[[Info/Signup|Free!|title=Sign up for a free account]] ||[[Info/Supporter|No setup fee|title=More details on Supporter accounts]] || * custom vhost requires a domain name and has an additional fee of 1€/IP |
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| * 100/1000 MiB Quota (shared for homedir, public_html and mail) * IRC access via irssi, weechat or BitchX (gnu screen allowed -> detachable). Connectable to all major IRCnets (via IPv4 or [[IPv6]]). '''No bots or bouncers allowed!''' * IM: centerim (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabbec), pidgin/finch (AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo), 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 [[Info/MySQL|MySQL]] * E-Mail access via mutt or pine, get your own email address (or forward) at blinkenshell: username@blinkenshell.org Webmail, SMTP and IMAPs access |
* 100/1000 MiB Disk quota (shared for home directory, website and mail) * Session detach via [[Screen]] or [[tmux]], so you can keep your programms running in the background while you're logged off. * IRC access via [[irssi]], [[weechat]] etc. Access to all major [[Info/IRC|IRC]] networks (IPv4 and [[IPv6]]). Bots and bouncers are only allowed on [[Info/Supporter|supporter accounts]]. * IM: bitlbee, centerim (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber), pidgin/finch (AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo), mcabber (Jabber), bti (twitter) * Development environment: compilers (C, C++, GO), interpreters (Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby, TCL), editors (Emacs, nano, vim), utilities (git, diff, svn) * [[Info/Webhosting]] `https://<username>.u.blinkenshell.org` ([[PHP]], [[CGI]], custom htaccess) * SQL Databases via SQLite or [[Info/MySQL|MySQL]] (only on [[Info/Supporter|supporter accounts]]) * E-Mail access via alpine or webmail, get your own email address (or forward) at blinkenshell: username(at)blinkenshell.org Webmail, SMTP and IMAPs access |
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| * Integrate with your smartphone ([[AndroidApps]]) | |
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| * CPU: Quad-core Xeon * RAM: 8 GB * Connection: 100 Mbit/s downstream, 10 Mbit/s upstream (Static IPs, Reverse DNS, [[Info/IPv6|IPv6]]) * OS: [[http://www.gentoo.org|Gentoo Linux]] on main SSH-server. Ubuntu, Debian, NexentaStor, OpenBSD and FreeBSD for support services. * Location: Linkoping, Sweden |
* CPU: AMD 6-core * RAM: 64 GB ECC REG * Connection: Static IPs, Reverse DNS, [[Info/IPv6|IPv6]] * OS: Ubuntu Linux on the main SSH shell server, Debian, OpenBSD etc for support services. * Location: Stockholm, Sweden * [[http://blinkenshell.org/stats/|Stats]] |
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| * [[Info/IRC|IRC]]: '''#blinkenshell''' @ [[BlinkenIRC]] ([[https://blinkenshell.org/cgiirc/|Webchat]]) | * [[Info/IRC|IRC]]: '''#blinkenshell''' @ [[BlinkenIRC]] ([[https://webirc.blinkenshell.org/|Webchat]]) |
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| * Admin E-mail: [[JohanMarcusson|independence]] at blinkenlights.se | * Admin E-mail: [[JohanMarcusson|independence]] at blinkenshell.org |
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| * [[Info]] - Links to pages with more information about Blinkenshell. * [[FAQ]] - Frequently asked questions and answers. * [[Links]] - Some external links. |
* [[Info]] - Links to pages with more information about Blinkenshell * [[Info/IRC|IRC]] - Chat with us * [[FAQ]] - Frequently asked questions and answers * [[Links]] - Some external links |
Blinkenshell - Free Linux Shell Accounts!
Translations: Français - Svenska - Deutsch - Serbian - Suomi - Pусский язык - Nederlands - Español - Italiano
Welcome to Blinkenshell! This is a free UNIX/Linux shell provider. Here you can get your own personal shell account on a Linux server for free that you can connect to via SSH! The only requirements is that you actively participate in our community and follow the rules.
Blinkenshell is a mature shell provider that been online continuously since 2006. We're still accepting new members, if you're interested in signing up for an account take a look at the Signup info.
Blinkenshell is built around an online community with friendly and helpful users. This is a great place to be if you are looking for somewhere to learn more about UNIX/Linux, programming, networking, security or meet other people with similar interests as yours. Many use their shell accounts to run an always-online IRC client (screen/detach irssi) or host a webpage for example. Read about some other common usage scenarios.
Keep in mind that this is not a professionally hosted service 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!
Read more about the Blinkenshell project and its history.
If you have any questions or just want to talk to us, come on in and join the chat! Connect to IRC #blinkenshell @ irc.blinkenshell.org:6697 SSL or use the Webchat.
Follow Blinkenshell news: Twitter, Blog, Blog RSS Feed
Account Types
Service |
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SSH & SFTP Access |
✔ |
✔ |
Disk Quota |
100 MB |
1000 MB |
128 MB |
256 MB |
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Detach (GNU Screen, tmux) |
✔ |
✔ |
IPv4 & IPv6 IRC access (irssi, weechat) |
✔ |
✔ |
Bouncer (BNC, znc) |
|
✔ |
IRC bots |
|
✔ |
Listen TCP/UDP port (custom server) |
|
✔ |
Custom vhost |
|
✔* |
Static HTTPS Website |
✔ |
✔ |
Dynamic Website, PHP / CGI |
|
✔ |
MySQL DB |
|
✔ |
E-Mail Account @blinkenshell.org |
✔ |
✔ |
Monthly Price |
Free! |
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Setup Fee |
* custom vhost requires a domain name and has an additional fee of 1€/IP
Services
- 100/1000 MiB Disk quota (shared for home directory, website and mail)
Session detach via Screen or tmux, so you can keep your programms running in the background while you're logged off.
IRC access via irssi, weechat etc. Access to all major IRC networks (IPv4 and IPv6). Bots and bouncers are only allowed on supporter accounts.
- IM: bitlbee, centerim (ICQ, AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Jabber), pidgin/finch (AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo), mcabber (Jabber), bti (twitter)
- Development environment: compilers (C, C++, GO), interpreters (Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby, TCL), editors (Emacs, nano, vim), utilities (git, diff, svn)
Info/Webhosting https://<username>.u.blinkenshell.org (PHP, CGI, custom htaccess)
SQL Databases via SQLite or MySQL (only on supporter accounts)
- E-Mail access via alpine or webmail, get your own email address (or forward) at blinkenshell: username(at)blinkenshell.org Webmail, SMTP and IMAPs access
- Browse the web via text-based browsers such as links2 and elinks. Textbased FTP clients.
- Network diagnostics: ping, traceroute, dig, nslookup, whois, geoiplookup
Integrate with your smartphone (AndroidApps)
Programs/software installed on Blinkenshell. Why would you need all this? Take a look at some common usage scenarios.
Server info
- CPU: AMD 6-core
- RAM: 64 GB ECC REG
Connection: Static IPs, Reverse DNS, IPv6
- OS: Ubuntu Linux on the main SSH shell server, Debian, OpenBSD etc for support services.
- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Contact
IRC: #blinkenshell @ BlinkenIRC (Webchat)
Support/Help: Support info
Admin E-mail: independence at blinkenshell.org
More
Info - Links to pages with more information about Blinkenshell
IRC - Chat with us
FAQ - Frequently asked questions and answers
Links - Some external links
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