Plus vote for bitfolk.com vps! From: Alan Pope Sent: 25/07/2012 10:40 To: ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT: Shell accounts On 25/07/12 09:37, Sean Miller wrote: > On 25 July 2012 09:33, Alan Pope <alan.p...@canonical.com> wrote: >>> I was wondering if anybody on the list can recommend any hosted shell >>> accounts? >> >> >> I have used sdf in the past. > > Don't quite understand why somebody would want a hosted shell account, > especially a Linux user. >
"in the past" meaning "before I ran Linux on every machine I own. :) > Surely shell comes "for free" as part of the OS? > It's also useful for an always-on shell for maybe running an irc client on or making a few files available via http if you don't have some web space/vps/home broadband. I did use it as a backup when I had problems with my VPS in the past, but that rarely happens now. Cheers, -- Alan Pope Engineering Manager Canonical - Product Strategy +44 (0) 7973 620 164 alan.p...@canonical.com http://ubuntu.com/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/