Some of the features available at FreeShells.ch:
user environment:
- 250MB of disk space
- publicly accessible website (http://www.freeshells.ch/~username)
- send/receive email (username@freeshells.ch)
- file transfer via scp, sftp, ftp
- shell login via ssh or telnet
- IPv6 connectivity
useful user programs:
- vim,emacs,joe,pico,mcedit - text editors
- mc,git,vifm,clex,vfu - file managers
- pine,mutt,elm,etpan - email clients
- elinks,links,lynx - web browsers
- irc,irssi, epic, naim - irc chat and AIM clients
- abook,devtodo - addressbook, todo manager
- antiword,catdoc - MS Word document readers
- dict,ispell,aspell - word lookup and spell checkers (en,de,fr,es)
- ImageMagick(convert),plotutils,fly - commandline graphics tools
troubleshooting, testing, and diagnostic programs
- ping,ping6 - ping tools
- dig, nslookup - DNS lookup tools
- traceroute,traceroute6,traceroute-as - tracing network routes
- whois,whois3(ripe),jwhois,awhois - whois lookup tools
- ipcalc,ipv6calc,cidr - ip address and netmask calculators
- wget,curl - command line apps to get webpages
- hexedit,bvi - binary/hex editors
Developer tools
- scripting languages
- compilers
- web development (cgi, php, ruby, python)
- additional developer tools available on request
other useful tools, utilities, and programs available:
- YoSucker(get Yahoomail),gotmail(get hotmail),fetchmail,procmail,bogofilter,urlview - various email tools
- ksh,csh,sh,bash,zsh - unix shells
- screen,split,pdmenu,gone,qterm - terminal tools
- latex,bibtex, - LaTeX tools
- pwsafe,pgp2/5,bcrypt,srm - password safe, PGP/gnupg, file encrypter,secure delete
Limits and restrictions:
- No unattended background processes. Bouncers, eggdrop, psybnc, BNC, etc. are NOT permitted.
- 250MB disk space quota (50MB email inbox and tmp files, 200MB in the home directory)
- 15MB maximum individual email message size
- 250MB max file size
- maximum 256 open files
If there are any problems or feature requests, please contact
sysadmin@freeshells.ch
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