Free shell account providers

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A shell account is a (registered) user account on a computer system that allows the account holder to access a command line interface. Free shell account providers typically offer restricted or limited resources via a command line interface to the public for educational and recreational purposes. Some providers are based around a community group or special interest and function more like alternative (old school, nostalgic) social media destinations.

Anarcho-Tech NYC provides no such access of any kind. Therefore, the following is a list of unaffiliated and unverified free shell account providers. We make no claims and take no responsibility for the security, reliability, or availability of any information presented here.

• Super Dimension Fortress (SDF) Public Access UNIX System - Established in 1987, one of the longest running free shell account infrastructures on the Internet.
• Grex - Public access Unix and computer conferencing system run entirely by volunteers, featuring ongoing bulletin board discussion areas (called conferences), multi-user chat channels, Internet email, and more.
• Ninth Floor - Not-for-profit project that provides shell accounts, email addresses and web hosting on a stable, secure, full-featured and well maintained GNU/Linux system.
• Nyx - World's oldest Internet Service Provider offering free public-access Internet connectivity along with free e-mail (including webmail), web space, web/domain hosting, a full, uncensored Usenet newsfeed, Linux shell accounts and the usual Unix and GNU/Linux programming and development tools.
• Tilde Club - Community of shared interest resurrecting the art of hand-coding Web pages. One member's home page includes a list of "other tildes" and many of those also offer free shell account access.
• Tilde Town - Intentional digital community for making art, socializing, and learning.