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/

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