• An old but valuable guide to Unix & SDF (link to sdfeu.org) by Gene Michael Stover

• General Info
  • Membership Levels – A hierarchy of subscription options, and the what services you can use at each tier
• Connecting to SDF
  • Where to Log in
    • Logging in to SDF Servers
  • Ways to Log In: typically, you will use an ssh client on your OS, but options include the following:
    • Using SSH for connections/transfer to/from SDF
    • A Web Browser SSH for new users, WeTTY SSH in a browser client
    • Gate One SSH Interface – HTTPS based SSH client
    • Using Microsoft Windows (tm) telnet
• Find Help from the shell prompt
  • Finding Help – How to get help from within the shell
• Find Help by Asking People:
  • com – (COM is not IRC) – An introduction to the chat program ‘COM’ – Talk to SDFers!
  • bboard – An introduction to the message board ‘bboard’
  • Jabber on SDF – Using the SDF Jabber XMPP Instant Messaging Server
• Moving Files Around:
  • Basic File and Directory Tasks – Working with files and directories
  • Transferring Files – How to move files to and from SDF
  • File permissions – Changing file permissions
• Email tutorials and how-tos
• Available Shell Commands:
  • SDF Specific Commands – A list of commands, scripts, and programs unique to SDF.
  • Software Packages on SDF by Category – many software packages & programs currently installed on SDF

• Doing UUCP with SDF – (Unix-to-Unix Copy) is a great way to get your mail and news

There are a plethora of text editors available. Here are some cheat sheets to help you use a few of them:

• Pico Cheat Sheet – pico is the default editor for bboard and the pine and alpine mail programs
  • More details on using nano, the modernized heir to pico
• Emacs Cheatsheet – emacs is an uber-editor and a religion unto itself (this statement is only kind of a joke).
• ed Cheat Sheet – ed is the Tom Bombadil of editors (“Eldest” and confusing)

• ASCII Gaming – All work and no play makes Jack a dull SDFer.
• Game Servers on SDF – A listing of multiplayer gaming servers running on SDF
• SDF Minecraft Survival Checklist – for new Minecraft players trying the game for the first time
• xscrabble at SDF – An introduction

• Multi-User System Responsibilities – A statement about responsibility in SDF's multi-user environment
• How to Interact with Practical Strangers – interacting with practical strangers in an imprecise medium
• SDF IRC server policy – a live ‘helpdesk style’ support to the SDF membership and to visiting non-members
• Instant Messaging on SDF – How to use Instant Messaging on SDF
• IRC Channels on SDF – channels currently defined on irc.sdf.org
• IRC Channel Auto-Connection with Irssi – configure an IRC client to automatically connect to one or more channels
• Using CenterICQ on SDF – steps to connect to ICQ using CenterIM
• GNU Social – Microblogging on SDF
• Tiny Tiny RSS – The RSS reader hosted in SDF
• SDF - The Ethical Social Network – been around since the days of the ARPAnet
• Using FreePBX with SDF VOIP – how to add your SDF VOIP extension as a trunk

Advanced Topics

Here is the old SDF Basics page. It also includes information on the HTML tutorial porting project!