[SGVLUG] Super Dimensional Fortress (sdf.org)

[James McDuffie]

For those who may not have heard of it, The Super Dimensional Fortress 
(sdf.org) is what I can best describe succinctly as a *nix community 
that is a combination of services and social interaction.
http://sdf.org/?welcome
http://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?01

What many people may know sdf.org as is freeshell.org, a place where you 
can get a shell account to SSH into. But sdf.org is so much more than 
that. They provide a ton of services at pretty decent prices:
* Shell access (of course)
* Web hosting
* Mail hosting
* VPS containers
* VOIP
* DSL
* and much more

Its actually pretty impressive the amount of things they have available 
to different member levels.
http://sdf.org/?join

Also impressive is that they are celebrating 25 years in 2012. Thats 
right, they have been around since 1987 in one form or another.
http://sdf.org/?faq?BASICS?02

There is a strong social aspect that includes shell based software that 
has been in use since 1987. For example the bboard command is a text 
based bulletin board that is still very active. They also run their own 
Jabber server, Status.net installation, Diaspora instance, and Minecraft 
server.
http://sdf.org/?tutorials/social_network

Hopefully this message got through your spam filter and doesn't seem too 
much like a solicitation.

Also, it would be nice to know if there are any other SDF members among 
the SGVLUG members.