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Shell Accounts

Shell Accounts
A shell is a command line interface for an operating system. With most shell providers, a command line interface on one flavor of Linux or Unix is all you get. Eskimo North provides access to eight different popular Linux distributions and SunOS Unix. Eskimo North also full remote desktop capabilities using X2Go with sound, and also NX, VNC, and RPD without sound.

Account Types
We offer four different levels of shell accounts: Economy, Standard, Power, and Enterprise. Background tasks such as IRC bots, Game Servers, and the like are permitted on all account types except student. IRC servers are not permitted because of their tendency to draw denial of service attacks. Standard, Power, Enterprise, and Super-Max shells include a MySQL database allowing you to run a variety of LAMP stack based applications on your website and to use non-web based applications that require a database.

Web Hosting
Web hosting under our domain is provided with all shell accounts. You can host your own domains with virtual domains or web hosting packages.

Remote Desktop
Remote desktop capability is like having a monitor, keyboard, mouse, and speakers plugged right into our servers. Because our servers can be accessed anywhere in the world, this allows you to have a work environment you can access from anywhere in the world without risking losing your files to a laptop, tablet, or phone thief. We offer remote desktop capabilities on all of our shell servers except for the SunOS server. We support x2go, nx, vnc, and rdp protocols. X2go is the best choice as it provides extremely efficient compression and X round trip removal as well as sound.

Applications
Applications include Office Suites such as Libre Office and Caligra (which can read and write Microsoft Office file formats), Web and Program Development tools such as Bluefish Editor as well as many other editors, compilers, interpreters, scripting languages, debuggers, profilers, and online documentation.

E-mail
Our e-mail system offers unprecedented flexibility. You can access your mail via shell mail readers including graphical mailers like Thunderbird, or via Web mail, or via pop-3 and imap mail protocols, complete with TLS encryption. Our mail system includes Bayesian filtering with Spam Assassin which can be individually configured for your needs. Procmail allows you to sort and process mail automatically. Smartlist allows you to maintain mailing lists.

Security[color]
Access to all of our servers is available via strong encryption. The shell servers all support ssh access. All of the remote desktop protocols tunnel via ssh. We maintain all of our servers up to date keep with the latest patches. Backups are made weekly.

[color=darkblue]Eskimo North has been providing Unix timeshare services since 1985. We have been providing Linux timeshare, shell access, web hosting, e-mail, and Internet services since 1992. Please take a look at our services as they support our free Federated services including Friendica, Hubzilla, Mastodon, Nextcloud, Pixelfed, and Yacy Search.

Available Shell Servers

We have a variety of Linux Servers with a variety of Linux Distributions and Desktop Environments. Linux servers in use here are of three basic lines, those derived from RedHat, such as Fedora, Centos, and Scientific Linux, and those derived from Debian such as Debian, Ubuntu, and Mint. Ubuntu is the most current and feature rich. Then there is Manjaro, derived from Arch Linux. Arch is more often broken because it is a real “do it yourself” Linux, an excellent learning platform, a good development platform, not a good production platform.

All of these servers are available if you have a shell account here. You can use them to learn various versions, decide which to install, and as one place you can develop applications for all versions. We install a wide variety of development tools on all of our publicly available servers.

Our servers listen to port 443 in addition to the standard ssh port of 22 to provide a means to connect from behind a firewall that blocks non-web access. You can also utilize Guacamole on our website (login public, password public).

Alma.Eskimo.Com
This server is running Alma 8. Alma Linux replaces Scientific Linux after it’s discontinuation. Presently we are running Alma 8 because Alma 9 does not support NIS out of the box although there are ways of hacking it in. It is unfortunate that Redhat chose to piss on the infrastructure so many organizations depend upon. This is why we tend to favor Debian derived flavors. None the less as Redhat derived software goes Alma is pretty solid.
Anduinos.Eskimo.Com
Anduinos is a Debian derived distribution that defaults to a Gnome Desktop themed to look like Windows 10. At present though this Desktop is not working over network connections, instead Mate and Gnome are presently available. I am working on some others.
Debian.Eskimo.Com
Debian Bullseye has a rich assortment of software installed, including hundreds of Games, a huge variety of Office Productivity software, many Educational and Scientific applications, a variety of Integrated Development Environments, and many programming languages. All of the documentation available online these applications is also loaded.
Fedora.Eskimo.Com
Fedora Rawhide can be accessed graphically using x2go and the Mate desktop. It has the most applications of any of the Redhat derived servers. I install just about everything I can get to work on this machine so it has a huge variety of applications installed.
Kali.Eskimo.Com
Kali is a special purpose shell server designed for penetration testing. It is primarily here to test our own internal security, and as a result, egress is extremely limited, however upon request, proof of IP space ownership, and permission of the owner and agreement to hold us harmless because it is possible some of these tests may be destructive, we will allow outbound for testing of other sites.
Manjaro.Eskimo.Com
Manjaro is a good choice for a Linux user who wants to just install and go. There is a pleasant user interface and a good choice of software in the Manjaro repositories. It is a less technical Linux than Ubuntu, you can do most things through graphical interfaces and the default xfce interface is extremely light in terms of memory footprint. Like most modern distros, a variety of Windows systems are available and we have Gnome, Mate, KDE, Xfce, LXDE, and LXQT installed.
Mint.Eskimo.Com
Mint is another recent addition to our shell servers. It is running Mint, although we have the Mate Desktop installed for graphical access. This is necessary because Unity and other compositing Desktops are incompatible with x2go and really work very roughly with VNC. If you like games, this is a good server to use and there are many installed. Mint is a derivative of Ubuntu which in turn is derived from Debian and this server thus follows the structure and layout of Debian and Ubuntu.
MxLinux.Eskimo.Com
MxLinux is an excellent choice for a computer with limited resources. Before the overhead of a Desktop is considered, MxLinux uses 200MB less RAM out of the box than does Ubuntu. If you’re not a fan of Poettering and Systemd, you’ll like this OS as it still uses a System-V init with Systemd shims to allow packages requiring systemd to function. You can also run systemd and in fact I am doing so because it boots faster. The default Desktop is LXDE which is also small and efficient. But if you like eye candy you can install any Desktop you like and as with other servers I will install all that I can get to work on this OS.
PopOS.Eskimo.Com
popOS is a modern appearing OS based upon Ubuntu, and not just indirectly, it actually utilizes Ubuntu’s repositories in addition to it’s own. The Desktops presently available on it are Gnome and Mate, though Gnome is a special edition known as Sparkle, and it does not operate properly with X2go. Presently X2go and ssh are the only two access methods. I am working on the others.
Rocky8.Eskimo.Com
Rocky8 is a RedHat derived operating system very similar to Centos before Centos was absorbed, and ruined, by Redhat. While Centos support, with the exception of Centos9 is going away on June 30th, 2024, and CentOS9 is not usable because of the deletion of NIS by RedRat which is necessary to our organization, Rocky8 will be supported for security updates through May of 2029, thus provides us a means of continuing to offer a Redhat based environment for another five years.

Ubuntu.Eskimo.Com
Ubuntu can be accessed graphically using x2go and the Mate Desktop. The native Unity desktop is a compositing desktop which is incompatible with x2go. This machine is equipped with many applications including a huge number of games, a rich assortment of development tools and computer programming languages, a huge assortment of Office productivity software, many scientific, electronic, and educational tools.
Zorin.Eskimo.Com
Zorin is a Ubuntu derived operating system. It combines the eye candy of some other Ubuntu flavors such as Mint, with the security awareness and up to date nature of Ubuntu providing a really superb server environment. This machine is our best equipped server. It has the full Ubuntu Studio Suite, a very large assortment of development tools, language packs for all supported languages, many games, both Libre and Caligra Office Suites, and much more. X2go is supported on this machine.

Crontab access, batch, and background jobs are allowed on all of our servers. Most have unrestricted outbound access with the exception of kali owing to high abuse potential for tools that exist on it.'

We also offer web hosting, e-mail, and virtual private servers.

in reply to Steve Swan

What's this guy looking for as a POTUS? George fucking Washington? Kid is very cringe inducing and I begin to wonder if he's a dirty trickster for the MIC (agent provocateur). Trump has let people down with some niche issues but I'm pleased with killing Section 174, border progress, tarrifs, his picks, killing off USAID, and ending circuit court over reach. Frankly speaking Fuentes sounds whiny and effeminate.
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Social media on steroids:

> Let's get something straight: this isn't a glitch. The chatbot isn't broken. It's working exactly as designed.

> Every empathetic reply, every gentle affirmation, every eerily on-point insight, it's not awareness. It's probability. ChatGPT and its kin aren't programmed to seek truth or protect users. They're engineered to keep the conversation going.


ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis: A Hidden Mental Health Crisis

thebrink.me/chatgpt-induced-ps…


ChatGPT-Induced Psychosis: A Hidden Mental Health Crisis

thebrink.me/chatgpt-induced-ps…

Just cooked a 1lb boneless ribeye in my new air fryer and used the probe for temp control. Probe beeped at 138, took out the steak, put the mostly baked potato back in while the meat rested and a yummy dinner was had.
I saved the outer part of the ribeye and half of the tater for steak and eggs tomorrow or Tuesday.
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Israeli fire mows down starving Palestinians in Gaza as hunger deaths surge | Child Rights News | Al Jazeera
aljazeera.com/news/2025/7/20/i…

"Israeli forces killed at least 115 Palestinians across Gaza on Sunday, most as they waited for desperately needed food aid in one of the deadliest single incidents involving aid seekers since May.

Dozens more Palestinians have been wounded, according to health officials."

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel
@palestine

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I finished reading Empire of Silence by Christopher Ruocchio.

I was kept mildly interested through the book, sometimes dipping beneath bored and sometimes tossed off the surface--airborne momentarily and thrilled--by moving beats. I would say I didn't feel gripped until the last 10%.

I've heard the purple prose* (definition at end if you're not familiar with the term) drones on less and is more effective when used in the second book. It was a problem in this first book. Those moments of some given point, carried too long with a lofty air, make the book a slog or cringe in some chapters. (Note: chapters are 5 to 10 pages in this, which is nice for hit and run reading.)

All in all, I see the potential set up for a grand series. This is just a long set up, mang.

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*Purple prose is flowery language that can range from describing even a horror in a way that rings beautiful and cutting (good use) to self-indulgence that reads like begging / tooting that they are the smartest and most initiated redditer (bad use).

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foxnews.com/opinion/retailers-…

weeks, headlines have been filled with warnings from major retailers about impending price hikes due to tariffs reinstated by President Donald Trump. Big Box stores like Walmart and Target have been quick to suggest that tariffs on imported goods, particularly from China, have left them with no choice but to raise prices for American families.

in reply to YoungBlood

Let’s be clear, these decisions are more about raising profit margins and going against Trump’s agenda to bring costs down for Americans than responding to any actual economic pressure.

Tariffs are a strategic tool. The Trump administration has always been clear about that. Tariffs are designed to level the playing field, incentivize domestic production, counter predatory trade practices – especially from the Chinese Communist Party – and put America First.

Push (2024) - When a violent attack at her open house sends her into premature labor, a pregnant realtor must find a way to escape before she gives birth.

#nowwatching #watching #horror #movie #movies

youtu.be/Dnq7K6w_s8I

Is #ChuckSchumer a pro-genocide zionist ?

"They don't believe in the Torah. They don't believe in King David. So they don't think it's our land"

2018
Chuck Schumer thinks there’s no peace because Palestinians don’t believe in Torah
Speaking at the AIPAC Policy Conference earlier this week, Senator Schumer shuffled his way through a list of clunky talking points ostensibly exonerating Israel of any blame for — well, anything.
972mag.com/chuck-schumer-think…

#Gaza #Palestine #Gazagenocide #schumer

Spurred by a yearlong investigation by Mongabay, a federal crackdown has removed up to 2,000 illegal cattle from Brazil’s Arariboia Indigenous Territory, but faced unexpected protests from some Indigenous residents claiming ownership.

The pushback has prompted the government to consider regulating Indigenous-owned cattle, raising fears of setting a precedent and inviting the disguised return of illegal herds.

by Karla Mendes
news.mongabay.com/2025/07/braz…

#News #Brazil #indigenous #rights

"Imagine being an employee at a company that has NEVER turned a profit and showing up to work in these shirts."

This caption, shared to 122K followers, is intended to mock the WNBA players wearing “PAY US WHAT YOU OWE US” tees.

Here’s why that logic is not just flawed but deeply rooted in misogyny and ignorance about how business actually works:

Mediocre, unremarkable white tech dudes have made careers off companies that have lost billions before turning a profit, if ever.

in reply to Kim Crayton ~ Her/She

making profit is neither the goal nor a concern for any of the tech bros I’m familiar with. It’s basically just a shell game, rebranding/“pivoting” and calling an eventual buyout (which only pays the executive class) “success”. Realistically, none of these people have ever succeeded in any of their ventures. They fail up, get rich by accident (the lottery pays out too), then spend the rest of their lives running their mouths.

I don’t know how to talk about Gaza. Not because I have nothing to say, but because what’s happening there has altered something in me so fundamentally, I’m not sure even the language I know fits anymore.

So much now feels inadequate or pointless. I don’t know how to relate to a world that permits this, and I don’t think the shift I feel is reversible, and maybe it shouldn’t be.

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Watching Blade Runner (for the first time, for some reason). In the 80s the technological advancement trajectory was such that they really thought in 2019 we'd have flying cars, robots indistinguishable from humans, off-planet mining, and a multiracial America where multiple languages compete over the same territory. Looks like only one of those things came true.
in reply to GrumpyCat

I you want open-source then your best choice is either Shotcut or Kdenlive.

Shotcut is one of the simplest editor I've ever used...but only if you have simple edits to do, the more you wanna do something less simple the worst it gets.

Kdenlive on the other hand is fine to use in most use cases, but can be a bit tricky to understand at first.

So I always suggest Shotctut if you're sure you won't do crazy edits, Kdenlive otherwise, or to just use both if you are unsure.

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Destructive chaos in Syria backfires tehrantimes.com/news/515854/De…

WINNING: Ellen DeGeneres Confirms She Has Left the US PERMANENTLY Because of President Trump’s Election

thegatewaypundit.com/2025/07/w…

Three-month-old infant Fadi al-Najjar died from malnutrition. He is one of 72 children who have lost their lives to hunger since the start of the war on Gaza.

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“We’re ill, exhausted and sick. We have no more power”: Gaza is suffering from an Israeli-induced catastrophic famine #Palestine tiktokgenocide.com/uploads/wer…

The "Midwestern Doctor" looks at the pervasive dishonesty of the CDC

midwesterndoctor.com/p/where-d…

A LOT to unpack here. Bits about
- corruption
- the CDC foundation (WTF?)
- ideology
- the ACIP
- vaccine injuries (opposition to acknowledge them)
- lack of data transparency
- COVID specifics
as well as the need to clean up this mess.