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Tutorials for General Use of SDF

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

Basic Tutorials

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

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