SDF Tutorial Prototype - ver. 0.9.1

====== Welcome to SDF User Contributed Tutorials ======

This is a shared, member contributed, set of tutorials for existing and potential SDF users who are interested in the INTERNET, the UNIX operating system, and programming languages. The purpose of this wiki is to help new users learn about SDF.org and UNIX through practical and useful examples.

Initially, this was a subset of the information from the HTML¹⁾ tutorials at sdf.org → tutorials.

It's expected that the SDF.org wiki content will grow and change. If you have SDF wiki access, please write additional tutorials, migrate traditional tutorial content updates/changes, or port new upcoming traditional tutorial content. Copies of the SDF traditional tutorial import data ²⁾ was kindly provided by contributing members of SDF.

• Finding help - How to get help from within the shell
• COM is not IRC - An introduction to the chat program 'COM'
• bboard - An introduction to the message board 'bboard'
• Multi-User System Responsibilities - A statement about user responsibility in SDF's multi-user environment
• Hostkeys - A list of SDF's SSH Hostkeys
• Instant Messaging - How to use Instant Messaging on SDF
• File transfer - How to move files to and from SDF
• Ultimate Differences Amongst UNIX® Shells - Comparing shell differences/similarities
• File permissions - Changing file permissions
• Basic File and Shell Operations - Working with files and directories
• ASCII Gaming - All work and no play makes Jack a dull SDFer.
• How to Donate and why - A page to explain how and why your friends and family (or you) should help fund SDF.
• Spreading the word about SDF
• SDF for blind users
• Using Microsoft Windows (tm) telnet
• Software on SDF Sorted by Category
• SDF Specific Commands - A list of commands, scripts, and programs unique to SDF.
• Jabber IM - Using the SDF Jabber XMPP Instant Messaging Server
• Game Servers on SDF - A listing of multiplayer gaming servers running on SDF
• Tiny Tiny RSS - The RSS reader hosted in SDF
• MetaArray - Storage and services for MetaArpa members
• GNU Social - Microblogging on SDF

  Add the following "Matrix" bullet item subset.

  • Begin possible SDF Matrix enhancement request (details) - experimental
• Matrix @ SDF - an alternative to discord.
  • Matrix client 1
    • Key management
  • Matrix client 2
    • Key management

• E-mail Beginners
• E-mail Basics
• E-mail Blacklist Issues - Problems with people getting your SDF emails?
• Greylisting at SDF - system policy spam reduction
• The Mutt Mail User Agent
• Advanced E-Mail Topics - forwarding messages, and fighting spam
• Setting up vacation(1) - sending automated email replies
• POP3, IMAP and SMTP AUTH - Setting up POP3, IMAP and SMTP Authentication in popular mail clients
• Procmail on SDF - general implementation notes

• Websites - Building a website on SDF
• Resources for Website Builders
• Custom error pages - Creating custom error pages using .htaccess
• Ruby on Rails @ SDF
  • Ruby on Rails - Ruby on Rails on SDF
  • Building a Basic Ruby on Rails Application.
• Trac on SDF - a Trac instance (unavailable, a tutorial formatting example only)
• Gopher - Build your Gopherspace
• Gemini Site Setup and Hosting Features
• Blogging with Jekyll
• Htaccess - Useful .htaccess tips and tricks for the Apache HTTP server
• A Simple PHP/SQLite Download Counter
• Securing Files with PHP Sessions
• A Simple Static Site Generator - for HTML and Markdown pages

• Programming Languages, Code Development and Compilers - Writing your own code at SDF
• Using skeys - Logging in securely over insecure protocols
• Emacs Tutorial - Emacs Basics, using Emacs as a work environment
• SSH - Using SSH to secure and route client applications through SDF
• SSHFS - Using SSHFS to mount SDF folders on linux local machine
• EncFS - Using EncFS to manage encrypted folders
• PSSHFS - Mounting SDF Folders on a NetBSD Local Machine
• VPN - Connecting to the SDF VPN (PPTP and OpenVPN).
• rsync and scp - Backing up $HOME using rsync or scp.
• CVS - Using CVS on SDF
• GCI - The SDF Green Computing Initiative
• MDNS - Automatic MDNS examples (MetaARPA)
• RubyGems at SDF - Setting up the 'gem' command
• scmgit - GIT Source Control Management introduction
• SDFARC Repeater List - A list of repeaters used by The SDF Amateur Radio Club
• toobnix.org - SDF's User Video Gallery
• X11 Forwarding - Setting up and running X11 applications (MetaARPA)
• $HOME/bin - User compiled programs in SDF's multi-architecture environment (ARPA)
• Screen - Multiplexing your terminal (MetaARPA)
• Tmux - An alternative to Screen (MetaARPA)
• MineCraft - SDF very own *private* MineCraft server
• Chicken - An implementation of the Scheme programming language
• ECL - the Embeddable Common-Lisp programming language
• Mobile Applications - Applications for mobile devices
• Port Allocation - Port Allocation and Usage information for MetaARPA Members.
• UUCP - POLLing SDF for UUCP USENET News and Internet E-Mail.

• SDF IRC Acceptable Use Policy
• SDF IRC Channels
• IRC Channel Auto-Connection with Irssi
• Installing IRC at Home for fun and profit! Well, for fun anyway.

• Basic Setup
• Extension Directory
• Advanced Features and Setup
• Configuring FreePBX
• Configuring the Cisco 7940G Phone

• SDF Dialup - Introduction and Initial Account Configuration
  • Gearing Up - Equipment and Services needed for SDF Dialup
  • Setup - WinXP - Configuring Dialup on Windows XP
  • Setup - Lucid - Configuring Dialup on Ubuntu Linux
• SDF DSL - Configuring and using SDF DSL

• How to listen to ANONRADIO
• How to DJ on ANONRADIO
• ANONRADIO - Nicecast

• NetBSD setup and configuration
• Installing an OpenLDAP server
• Debian setup and configuration
• Ubuntu setup and configuration (WIP)
• Plan9 setup and configuration
• CentOS setup and configuration

  Add the following "VPS" bullet item subset.

  • VPS - Centos
  • VPS - Debian
  • VPS - Slackware
  • VPS - Ubuntu
  • VPS - Trisquel
  • VPS - OpenSUSE
  • VPS - Fedora
  • VPS - NetBSD
  • VPS - NetBSD with LDAP
  • VPS - OpenBSD
  • VPS - Dragonfly BSD
  • VPS - FreeBSD
  • VPS - Oracle Solaris
  • VPS - Illumos OmniOS
  • VPS - Illumos Indiana
  • VPS - Hurd

• Cheat Sheets for Vi, awk, sed, and others
• Emacs Cheat Sheet
• ed Cheat Sheet
• Pico Cheat Sheet
• Survival TECO
• Survival TECO 2.0

• Browse Annotated Dotfiles - Find working examples to help you configure your favorite program.

• TOPS-20 Interactive Tutorial - Log and summary of twenex.org's interactive tutorial (@TOPS20)
• Getting Into TWENEX - Tour of the twenex.org system for intermediate users
• Using Multiple Interactive Programs on TWENEX - Tutorial on how to use multiple programs in the same login

• Privacy protection
• SDF privacy policy

• twenex.org - SDF Public Access TWENEX
• TSS-8 User Tutorial
• ITS - Incompatible Timesharing System
• A guide to Hysterical Unixes - Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the UNIX operating system
• CDC 6500 Survival Guide
• Basic Programs

• Plan 9 from Bell Labs is a research operating system designed as the next step in operating system evolution beyond Unix.
• SDF sponsors a series of Boot Camps, introducing new users to Plan 9. This section of the tutorial is a collection of the Campers' discoveries.
  • Plan9 setup and configuration for a SDF VPS slice
    • 9front on an SDF VPS
    • Plan 9 on SDF VPS
    • Plan 9 on an SDF VPS
• Plan 9 Rc Survival Guide
• Plan 9 C Programming

  Add the additional "Plan 9" bullet item subset.

• Link to an additional Plan 9 tutorial.
  • An additional Plan 9 tutorial.

     When limited to a scheduled Plan 9 "TEA NOTE" event, rather than a stand alone tutorial:

    • Take notes while participating in a scheduled virtual SDF Plan 9 “TEA NOTE”.
    • An additional Plan 9 TEA NOTE share example.
      • SDF wiki document text, and images, are indexed and searchable.