SDF, UNIX and INTERNET tutorials

Table of Contents

1. SDF Basics
2. Website Setup and Hosting Features
• Ruby on Rails @ SDF
3. Advanced Topics
4. SDF VoIP Telephony Service
5. SDF Dialup and DSL INTERNET Service
6. SDF VPS Service (MetaARPA)
7. Cheat Sheets
8. Dotfile Repository
9. twenex.org - SDF Public Access TWENEX
10. Online privacy

1. SDF Basics
   • Unix - Introduction to Unix & SDF, by G.M.Stover
   • Finding help - How to get help from within the shell
   • COM is not IRC - An introduction to the chat program 'COM'
   • 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
   • Jabber IM - Using the SDF Jabber XMPP Instant Messaging Server
   • Procmail on SDF - general implementation notes
   • Game Servers on SDF - A listing of multiplayer gaming servers running on SDF
   • Email:
     • E-mail Beginners
     • E-mail Basics
2. Website Setup and Hosting Features
   • 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 - Setting up and using a Trac instance
   • Gopher - Build your Gopherspace
   • Blogging with Jekyll
   • Htaccess - Useful .htaccess tips and tricks for the Apache HTTP server
3. Advanced Topics
   • Using skeys - Logging in securely over insecure protocols
   • Emacs Tutorial - Emacs Basics, using Emacs as a work environment
   • Advanced E-Mail Topics - forwarding messages, and fighting spam
   • Greylisting at SDF - system policy spam reduction
   • SSH - Using SSH to secure and route client applications through SDF
   • SSHFS - Using SSHFS to mount SDF folders on linux local machine
   • PSSHFS - Mounting SDF Folders on a NetBSD Local Machine
   • VPN - Connecting to the SDF VPN (PPTP and OpenVPN).
   • rsync - Backing up $HOME using rsync.
   • 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
   • POP3, IMAP and SMTP AUTH - Setting up POP3, IMAP and SMTP Authentication in popular mail clients
   • 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)
   • 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
4. SDF VoIP Telephony Service
   • Basic Setup
   • Extension Directory
   • Advanced Features and Setup
   • Configuring the Cisco 7940G Phone
   SDF Dialup and DSL INTERNET Service
   • 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
5. SDF VPS Service (available to MetaARPA members)
   • NetBSD setup and configuration
   • Debian setup and configuration
   • Plan9 setup and configuration
   • CentOS setup and configuration
6. Cheat Sheets
   • Cheat Sheets for Vi, awk, sed, and others
   • Emacs Cheat Sheet
   • ed Cheat Sheet
   • Pico Cheat Sheet
   • Survival TECO
7. Dotfile Repository
   • Browse Annotated Dotfiles - Find working examples to help you configure your favorite program.
8. twenex.org - SDF Public Access TWENEX
   • 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
9. Online privacy
   • Privacy protection